HIGH POINT, N.C. (WGHP) — In February, we celebrate American Heart Month. Dr. Bridgette Christopher from Cone Health joins us for the FOX8 House Call to talk about the significance of knowing your ...

February is American Heart Month – a time to celebrate all our hearts do for us, and to recognize what we can do to keep our hearts healthy. It’s also a month for us to remember that heart disease is ...

Introduction and objectives: Gatekeeper strategies using risk factor-weighted clinical likelihood (RF-CL), alone or combined with coronary artery calcium score-weighted clinical likelihood (CACS-CL), ...

A step-by-step, evidence-informed framework for interpreting high coronary calcium CT results, refining cardiovascular risk, and implementing integrative prevention strategies. My hope is that in many ...

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CAC of 0 associated with a very low proportion of coronary artery disease-related and total cardiovascular deaths. (HealthDay News) — A coronary artery calcium (CAC) score of 0 has excellent prognosis ...

In a new study of more than 40,000 patients, researchers at Intermountain Health in Salt Lake City have found that patients who have no evidence of calcium in their coronary arteries are not only ...

DEAR DR ROACH: I’m a 67-year-old male who recently had a calcium score test, and my results came in at 513. Needless to say, I was quite shocked at the results. I have always been an active individual ...

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ABSTRACT: Assessing cardiovascular risk by measuring coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring obtained by computed tomography is well understood and is an accepted practice. It determines the amount of ...

(InvestigateTV) — More than half of Americans don’t know heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, despite its century-long reign as the nation’s number one killer, according ...