Heart calcium scans may be most useful for people whose cardiovascular risk falls between clearly low and clearly high. A ...

It’s an increasingly popular scan that measures calcium in the heart’s arteries and helps predict risk of future heart ...

Researchers at the UC Davis National Center for Interventional Biophotonic Technologies (NCIBT) have just concluded the first-in-human test of a new device that could help doctors better detect and ...

AI has made a significant impact on the way clinicians use CCTA. For example, what were once time-consuming manual ...

A new study published in BMC Medical Imaging has revealed a striking connection between the composition of plaque in the coronary arteries and the heart's ability to boost blood flow under ...

A routine cholesterol report may look reassuring. Yet, some risk factors for heart disease can remain hidden in the blood, ...

A new commentary in Cardiology Discovery proposes redefining coronary artery disease around early detection and stabilization ...

A study of 16,808 adults with no symptoms found artery plaque in 57 percent, including about 1 in 13 people ages 18 to 29.

Explains coronary thrombosis: clot formation in heart arteries, causes, risks, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments to restore blood flow.

A former Susan G. Komen CEO’s new institute wants breast arterial calcification, a heart disease marker, on every mammogram report. No clinical guideline exists yet.

Maryland became the first state to require that mammography centers notify patients when breast arterial calcification is ...

Mathematics may hold unexpected clues to understanding Alzheimer’s disease. Scientists have developed a model showing how ...