• 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Heart disease has been the leading cause of death in the United States for more than 100 years, yet diagnoses continue to climb. A study by The American Heart Association found 51% of Americans were ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — February is National Heart Month, a good time to show your heart some love by taking a Calcium Score Test, a simple scan that can go a long way to maintaining a healthy heart. Get ...

Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian said in a March 3, 2024, post on X (formerly Twitter) that he’d undergone a calcium score test the previous year, calling it “Probably the highest ROI $100 you can ...