NEW YORK, Nov. 18 (UPI) --Predicting who is at high risk for a heart attack or death may be as simple as obtaining a person's coronary artery calcium score -- a noninvasive way to measure plaque ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am an 81-year-old man (5 feet, 2 inches tall at 122 pounds) in good health, except that I have Type 2 diabetes. My A1C level has been in the range of 6.3% to 6.8% for the past ...

Having a coronary artery calcium (CAC) score of zero has generally been accepted as a marker of a very low risk of having a cardiac event within the next five years. However, age is a strong ...

The 251 participants in the 400 and higher coronary artery calcium score group had 17 events for a significantly higher risk of 6.8%.

The coronary calcium score can give you important information on your risk of having a heart attack. Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of Americans.

A novel automated score that calculates both the dispersion and density of coronary artery calcium (CAC) seems to improve upon the predictive powers of the commonly used Agatston score for estimating ...

Generally, a score less than 100 is considered lower risk, and then when you get above 100 and certainly above 1,000, puts you at increased risk,” Friedman said.

DeGroat explains that zero is ideal, while less than 100 is mild, 100-400 is moderate, and more than 400 is severe. “Outside of the score itself, a calcium score that is less than the 50th percentile ...

A high calcium score does not mean that there are blockages inside the blood vessels as calcium can only be in the outer layer of the blood vessels. However, with a calcium score over 400 and at age ...

NEW YORK, Nov. 18 (UPI) --Predicting who is at high risk for a heart attack or death may be as simple as obtaining a person's coronary artery calcium score -- a noninvasive way to measure plaque ...

The downside of a CT calcium score is a modest additional dose of radiation, in addition to the financial cost. In your case, if the calcium score wasn’t zero, most experts will recommend medication, ...