The coronary calcium scan, a painless CT scan that evaluates the risk of heart ... Here’s why. The artery-clogging process ...

A new study by Cardia Vision, LLC has revealed that a commonly used heart scan may be missing signs of early heart disease in ...

Generating a coronary artery calcium (CAC) score requires a quick CT scan, with no intravenous (IV) access or IV contrast required. Results are available within minutes. The CT scan reliably ...

How University of Texas Medical Branch is using AI to identify patients at high cardiovascular risk, flag for stroke and ...

Then the CT scan must be optimized for that specific individual ... Some position statements on CT coronary artery calcium score screening are available from professional societies. In 2006 a ...

Multislice CT scanners show promise for the noninvasive detection of coronary ... severity by CT scan, which resulted in a number of false-positive outcomes. Severe calcification led to ...

Having a coronary ... underwent a PET/CT scan, which quantifies advanced, calcified plaque in the vessels of the heart. Of that overall group, 8,170 patients had a coronary artery calcium score ...

Frankie Maldonado, the Director of Operations for Life Guard Imaging, and Brandi McMillan, Licensed CT Technician, join Gayle ...

A new study published in the journal of BMC Nephrology showed that in non-dialysis chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients, ...

The newest, state-of-the-art CT scanner takes over 550 pictures. The 3D images with contrast detect blockages in the coronary ...