For select risk-enhanced individuals at intermediate risk of coronary artery disease (CAD), researchers found a way to ...

Getting a specific screening — the coronary artery calcium (CAC) score — can help detect early signs of heart disease.

More than 60 million women in the U-S have some form of heart disease, and a lot of them don’t even know it. But, as we found ...

The combination of coronary artery calcium (CAC) score with a primary prevention strategy in intermediate-risk patients with a family history of coronary artery disease was associated with reduction ...

Coronary artery calcium tests are one the newer tools doctors can use to predict a person's chances of developing ...

The coronary artery calcium (CAC) score test measures the calcium buildup in heart arteries through a CT scan, indicating ...

Coronary calcium score tests are a valuable and potentially lifesaving tool that help identify heart disease risk, a ...

“The calcium score on its own is helpful in risk-stratifying someone with no plaque versus those on the other end of the ...

If you've lost a family member prematurely to heart disease, greater reassurance about your risk of suffering the same fate ...

Heart disease isn't always obvious, and sometimes you have little to no warning leading up to a catastrophic event.

Coronary artery calcium tests are one the newer tools doctors can use to predict a person's chances of developing cardiovascular problems. "It's a very simple test," Dickerson said. "It's a CT ...