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 ...

A heart CT scan uses X-rays to create an image of the heart and blood vessels. Healthcare professionals may also refer to it as cardiac CT angiography. A CT scan is a noninvasive imaging procedure.

As technology offers more tools to help diagnose heart disease, you may need to adjust your approach. Here’s the latest on one of those new tools. One of the greatest challenges facing primary-care ...

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 ...

Two new non-invasive screening tests are helping cardiologists pinpoint patients who may be susceptible to heart attack by measuring the accumulation of plaque along heart arteries. Hard and soft ...

BOSTON, MA—In the coming years, the amount of information that can be gleaned from a cardiac CT scan will be enhanced with artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms, and that’s expected to improve ...

The three leading indicators for heart disease are high blood pressure, high cholesterol and smoking. However, 53 percent of Americans don’t qualify as being “at risk” according to the Centers for ...

MONTREAL, Canada—Leaders in the field of cardiac CT celebrated 20 years of science, innovation, and overcoming challenges during a special session at the 2025 Society of Cardiovascular Computed ...