When patients with a coronary artery calcium score of 0 were followed long term in an observational study, scores stayed at 0 ...

A Coronary Artery Calcium (CAC) scan is gaining traction for its ability to assess heart attack risk more accurately. The ...

What if the cure for a life-threatening heart condition wasn't a drug or surgery, but a supplement you could find on a store ...

Researchers found that coronary atherosclerosis is prevalent in asymptomatic, middle-aged US adults without traditional ASCVD risk factors, and increases with higher levels of LDL-C, non-HDL-C ...

Coronary artery calcium scans can offer a more precise estimate of a patient’s chances for major cardiac events. Some cardiologists say it remains underused.

Subclinical, obstructive coronary atherosclerosis was linked to a more than 8-fold elevated risk for myocardial infarction in asymptomatic adults aged 40 years or older, according to researchers ...

Study participants with the highest urinary metal levels tended to also have the highest coronary artery calcium (CAC), reported Katlyn McGraw, PhD, of Columbia University Mailman School of Public ...

We found that high-volume exercise (>3,000 MET-min/week) was associated with a greater burden of subclinical coronary atherosclerosis — measured by coronary artery calcium score and coronary CT ...

Most people with coronary atherosclerosis benefit from a statin drug, which helps stabilize plaque and prevent rupture (the beginning of a heart attack). Aspirin helps prevent a blood clot, which ...

Four in 10 middle-aged individuals without a history of heart disease have silent coronary atherosclerosis and 1 in 20 have significant stenosis on coronary CT angiography (CCTA), Swedish ...