Atherosclerosis causes the smooth, elastic lining of the coronary arteries to become hard, stiff, and swollen because of ...

Coronary Artery Calcium (CAC) testing measures calcium deposits in the coronary artery walls using a CT scanner. It helps ...

Coronary artery computed tomography (CT) angiography (CTA ... patients due to intermediate severity lesions or non-diagnostic scans and not all patients underwent catheterization.

The deposition of this mineral on plaques in our heart arteries can contribute to chest pain and heart attacks.

MIAMISBURG, Ohio, Dec. 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Coronary artery calcification (CAC) affects 20 million Americans annually, and over half of the incidental findings go unreported.* New FDA-cleared ...

The catheterization lab has an interventional tool that uses ultrasound shockwaves to strike coronary artery calcium.

"Instead of relying on dedicated CT scans of coronary arteries, which are rare and not always covered by insurance, to find potentially fatal heart disease, we seek to use AI to help screen ...

The Guam Regional Medical City launched an innovative, state-of-the-art heart imaging test known as Computed Tomography of ...

An analysis of 6000 cardiac reoperations revealed timing between surgeries did not generally affect operative mortality, ...