Doctors are exploring a number of new ways to do that, including computed tomography, or CT, heart scans that measure calcification in the coronary arteries. Before we get too dazzled by advanced CT ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Two-thirds of adults are at risk for heart disease. But there are ways to prevent this by getting the proper testing. Dr. Jeffrey Berman explains what your calcium score says about your heart. Calcium ...

VIENNA — Up to 6.5% of people classified as being at intermediate cardiovascular risk could be misclassified, depending on which brand of CT scanner was used to calculate their coronary artery calcium ...