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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...