April 11, 2011 (New Orleans, Louisiana) — Coronary calcium can be accurately quantified with a single standard-contrast computed tomography (CT) scan, thereby eliminating the added radiation exposure ...

So, how do you know if you should worry? To shed light on where and how much buildup there is in your arteries, doctors sometimes turn to a non-invasive test called cardiac calcium scoring. A computed ...

Coronary artery calcium score is a powerful tool for heart health assessment, guiding preventive therapy and refining risk prediction.

Coronary artery calcium scoring with CT can identify symptomatic patients with a very low risk of heart attacks or strokes, according to a new study published today in Radiology, a journal of the ...

CT Calcium scoring could fail African Americans at risk of heart problems, it has been found. Cardiac calcium scoring uses a special X-ray test called computed tomography (CT) to check for the buildup ...

In a significant advancement for preventive cardiology, researchers have highlighted a powerful new way to detect heart attack risk in its earliest stages—long before symptoms appear. A simple, ...

An East Greenbush woman said a simple medical test helped save her life. Now she and her doctor want to share a critical ...

Dec. 2, 2004 (Chicago) — Because computed tomography (CT) colonography, the so-called virtual colonoscopy, is a half-body scan, it has the potential to detect extracolonic abnormalities including high ...