HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — February is Heart Health Month and it is the perfect time for Rio Grande Valley residents to take control of their cardiac health. One way of determining heart ...

Having a coronary artery calcium (CAC) score of zero has generally been accepted as a marker of a very low risk of having a cardiac event within the next five years. However, age is a strong ...

Coronary artery calcium (CAC) scores have become a non-invasive way for physicians to easily determine how much plaque has built up inside a patient's coronary arteries, but the question has been how ...

Calcium scans can detect calcium deposits in coronary arteries to assess heart disease risk. The scan is most useful for ...

BOUNTIFUL — Andra Lalli, 65, leads an active lifestyle. She enjoys going to the gym and has taught fitness classes for years — which is why when she went in for a heart scan, her results were ...

“If you have disease in your coronary arteries, you may also have vascular complications in other organs of your body,” said Dr. Anderson. “Given these results, a zero coronary artery calcium score ...