• A coronary calcium scan is a test that can help show whether you have coronary heart disease (CHD). • A coronary calcium scan looks for specks of calcium (called calcifications) in the walls of the ...

What Is The Calcium Score Test? The Calcium Score Test, also known as coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring, is a non-invasive imaging test that uses a computed tomography (CT) scan to detect and ...

A Calcium Scoring CT (CAC) scan can detect early heart disease by measuring calcium buildup in arteries. Know what the test means, how it’s done, and when to take it. (Image: Pexels) A 35-year-old ...

The underlying cause of nearly all heart attacks is clogging of the arteries with cholesterol (atherosclerosis). It starts early in life and by middle age, can be very advanced. The problem is, even ...

Doctors are already pretty good at predicting heart disease risk among healthy people, but a new study shows they could more accurately identify those at highest risk by adding a coronary artery ...

Find out how coronary artery calcium scan can reveal your heart attack risk before symptoms even start.(Image: Pexels) With increasing concerns around cardiovascular health, a test called Coronary ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I recently had a CAT scan of my chest as an evaluation for pneumonia. I didn’t have pneumonia, but I got an unexpected high calcium score in my coronary arteries. Does the calcium I ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Heart scan calcium tests are a quick and painless way to check for coronary artery disease. It's a simple test that can really save your life. Often times people dealing with with ...

A long list of Lynda Hollander’s paternal relatives had heart disease, and several had undergone major surgeries. So when she hit her mid-50s and saw her cholesterol levels creeping up after menopause ...