GREENSBORO, N.C. — A CT cardiac score is a painless, easy way to check your risk for having a heart attack in the next 5 to 10 years. The test uses CT imaging to look at your heart and the vessels. It ...

A new multi-slice CT scanner at Mercy Medical Center-Sioux City is used to perform a cardiac calcium scoring screening on patients as part of its HeartSmart Screening Program. It offers the highest ...

CT has been utilized for a) coronary angiography (coronary CTA) and b) coronary calcium scoring. The coronary arteries had conventionally been visualized using invasive coronary angiography that ...

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 ...

NEW YORK, Sept. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Fitnescity, the nation's largest platform for consumer health tests, today announced its official rebrand to Fitnescity Health. With nearly 1,000 partner ...

As technology offers more tools to help diagnose heart disease, you may need to adjust your approach. Here’s the latest on one of those new tools. One of the greatest challenges facing primary-care ...

Doha: Heart disease remains the leading cause of death worldwide, claiming millions of lives each year. Early detection is the most powerful weapon ...

Even as the Union Health Ministry recently submitted to Parliament that cases of heart attack are not notifiable, and there is no central registry for these adverse health events, doctors and medical ...

A heart CT scan uses X-rays to create an image of the heart and blood vessels. Healthcare professionals may also refer to it as cardiac CT angiography. A CT scan is a noninvasive imaging procedure.

A Merrylands medical centre west has scored a breakthrough imaging machine that can dramatically improve the rates of ...