New study introduces an AI-based coronary calcium scoring method designed to address key limitations of the original ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am now 78 years old. My mother’s two brothers died of heart attacks at 55 and 65, so when I was in my 50s, I had a calcium scan of my heart. Since then, I have been taking 10 mg of ...

A coronary calcium scan is a type of CT scan of the heart. It measures calcium in the walls of the coronary arteries and can detect the early signs of heart disease. A score of zero is typical. A ...

Preventive cardiologists have a wonderful tool for noninvasively identifying plaque (atherosclerosis) in the arteries to the heart: the coronary artery calcium (CAC) scan. Since 1/3 of Americans die ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am now 78 years old. My mother’s two brothers died of heart attacks at 55 and 65, so when I was in my 50s, I had a calcium scan of my heart. Since then, I have been taking 10 mg of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Older adults with a coronary artery calcium score of 0 had more favorable aging indices. The data suggest a link ...

A look back at a pair of large cohort studies suggests a telling relation between two distinct predictors of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk and may offer guidance on how to ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am now 78 years old. My mother’s two brothers died of heart attacks at 55 and 65, so when I was in my 50s, I had a calcium scan of my heart. Since then, I have been taking 10 mg of ...