Predicting who is at high risk for a heart attack or death may be as simple as obtaining a person's coronary artery calcium ...

Coronary artery calcium (CAC) scores have become a non-invasive way for physicians to easily determine how much plaque has ...

Severe coronary artery calcification in patients with CKD increases the risk for heart failure, heart valve calcification, and progression to kidney failure.

USA: A recent editorial comment in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Cardiovascular Imaging highlights the ...

The following is a summary of “Carotid plaque thickness predicts cardiovascular events and death in patients with chronic ...

Severe coronary artery calcification has been associated with stent underexpansion, procedural complications, and increased rates of early and late adverse clinical events among patients ...

“What we’re seeing on the mammogram is calcification in the breast artery, but that’s not the same as the calcification in the coronary artery,” said Greg Sorensen, chief science officer at RadNet, ...

Here are 10 highlights from the meeting: The GLP-1 tirzepatide, the active ingredient in Eli Lilly's Mounjaro, was found to reduce the risk of heart failure by 46% among individuals with obesity. In ...

with similar averages of minimal stent area at the coronary artery site that had the most calcium. At the same time, orbital atherectomy patients saw slightly higher rates of the targeted blood ...

The department organized the 'Coronary Artery Calcium Screening' initiative to promote healthy lifestyles, in line with the second goal of the agenda, which aims to establish a more efficient and high ...