Adding clinical risk factors and a coronary artery calcium (CAC) score to the conventional diagnostic algorithm for chest pain improves the prediction and discrimination of patients with suspected ...

A screen for heart disease is available that may determine your risk of heart disease even before you show signs or symptoms, health experts told Fox News. According to the American heart association, ...

New risk equations can help determine the need for a first coronary artery calcium (CAC) scan in young adults to identify those most at risk for premature atherosclerosis, researchers say. "To our ...

Repeat screening for CAC progression could identify which patients are most at risk of deteriorations in cognitive health.

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New Orleans, LA - New recommendations for using coronary calcium scoring issued late last year concede that the imaging test may yield additional risk-stratification information in people in the ...

Heart disease is the world’s leading cause of mortality, comprising 32% of all deaths. But that doesn’t mean people are powerless against the condition — there are some steps they can take to help ...

"While previous studies have shown that CAC is a better predictor of all-cause mortality, our study is the first to demonstrate that this ability of CAC extends to predicting CVD/CHD mortality in a ...

Equipped with knowledge of their coronary artery calcium (CAC) scan results and a statin prescription, patients were more likely to slow their plaque progression over 3 years. The trial studied people ...

But that doesn’t mean people are powerless against the condition — there are some steps they can take to help reduce the risk. In addition to adopting healthier lifestyle habits, getting a specific ...