A coronary artery calcium scan is a quick and painless scan of the heart. Doctors are looking for calcium and plaque buildup ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Coronary heart disease is one of the most common heart problems for Americans. The CDC says more than 370,000 people died from the condition in 2022. "These arteries supply ...

When we think about a cardiac arrest, we usually imagine dramatic scenes - chest pain, ambulances, and emergency surgeries. However, the truth is, for most people, heart disease is quietly brewing ...

Chest pain may still be angina even when the main heart arteries look clear. Using cardiac stress MRI (a heart scan that measures blood flow with magnetic resonance imaging), testing uncovered small ...

Their doctor had ordered a CT scan — a type of imaging that creates detailed cross-sectional pictures of the body’s interior ...

A simple heart scan that Broward County leaders are working to offer for free is already being credited with saving lives — including that of a former Los Angeles Dodgers player.

Coronary artery calcium (CAC) CT scans are becoming a more commonly used tool to effectively determine a patient's future risk of heart disease and heart attack. These minimally invasive scans measure ...

Six studies in collaboration with Mayo Clinic confirm the UltraSight™ Echosystem enables non-expert clinicians to ...

A new heart scan is faster and has lower radiation exposure than MRI and invasive angiography, according to a study published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging. Researchers compared three ...

AI combines multiple heart scan views to detect cardiac conditions more accurately, improving diagnosis and bringing clinical-like insights to echocardiography.

A new study looked at whether heart scan results can help predict serious cardiovascular or cerebrovascular (brain) events (MACCE) in people with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and found a ...

Sports cardiology has emerged as a distinct subspecialty at the intersection of preventive cardiology and athlete care. While ...