In modern cardiology, one of the greatest challenges is not treating heart attacks-but identifying silent coronary artery ...

Calcium score is a risk assessment tool and not a diagnostic test, as such, it cannot guarantee no chance of heart attack, explains Dr Yaranov.

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HONOLULU (KHON2) — February is National Heart Month, a good time to show your heart some love by taking a Calcium Score Test, a simple scan that can go a long way to maintaining a healthy heart. Get ...

(Aging Untold)— When it comes to heart disease, early detection can be lifesaving. More than half of Americans don’t know heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, despite its ...

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 ...

When it comes to heart health, most people rely on the usual suspects , cholesterol numbers, blood pressure readings, maybe a stress test if things look off. But what if there’s a scan that could tell ...

The scans detect levels of calcium in the heart's arteries, and the physicians suggest those people with the highest calcium levels would benefit most from aggressive blood pressure treatment, whereas ...

A long list of Lynda Hollander’s paternal relatives had heart disease, and several had undergone major surgeries. So when she hit her mid-50s and saw her cholesterol levels creeping up after menopause ...

In recent times, there has been a noticeable increase in heart-related risks among Indians in their 20s. In the past, heart ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m 67 and in decent shape. I run 3-4 miles three times a week and lift weights three days a week. I take 20 mg of rosuvastatin daily. My LDL cholesterol is 85 mg/dL, and my HDL is ...