At University Medical Center (UMC), physicians have been using a new tool to treat depression that builds off procedures that ...

Quantitative coronary plaque analysis (QCPA) is an emerging tool that allows noninvasive quantification and characterization of coronary atherosclerosis on the basis of coronary computed tomography ...

MURRAY, Utah (ABC4 Utah) – Coronary artery calcium (CAC) CT scans are becoming a more commonly used tool to effectively determine a patient’s future risk of heart disease and heart attack. These ...

Background: Coronary Artery Calcium CT scans provide a coronary artery calcium score that may be very useful in ascertaining a patient’s future cardiovascular risk. However, besides the coronary ...

Abstract: Opportunistic coronary artery calcification (CAC) scoring using chest computed tomography (CT) scans is a valuable tool for predicting cardiovascular event risk. Despite over 15 million ...

After controlling for known CV risk factors, all FFR-CT subgroups remained significantly associated with MI, revascularization. (HealthDay News) — For patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), ...

After controlling for known CV risk factors, all FFR-CT subgroups remained significantly associated with MI, revascularization. HealthDay News — For patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), ...

Kevin Murray knows the importance of cardiac health firsthand. The Tampa dad nearly died from an undiagnosed heart condition and needed to undergo emergency bypass surgery in 2003. Murray, now 72, ...

Intermountain Health heart and vascular researchers recently presented findings that patients who have no evidence of calcium in their coronary arteries are not only significantly less likely to die ...

Coronary artery calcium (CAC) CT scans are becoming a more commonly used tool to effectively determine a patient's future risk of heart disease and heart attack. These minimally invasive scans measure ...

Statin therapy remains a cornerstone for primary and secondary prevention of major adverse cardiac events (MACEs), but prescribing based on patient phenotype identified through imaging may boost its ...