My neighbor is in his 60s and has spent years competing in marathons and long-distance cycling events. Despite being in excellent shape, he recently learned that he has a high coronary calcium score.

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My neighbor is in his 60s and has spent years competing in marathons and long-distance cycling events. Despite being in excellent shape, he recently learned that he has a high ...

Higher levels of lipoprotein(a) portend a person will have greater risk of developing atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) over 15 years regardless of their coronary artery calcium (CAC) ...

Beyond standard risk scores, the guideline highlights key risk enhancers—including lipoprotein(a), inflammation markers, and women's health factors—and elevates coronary artery calcium scoring as a ...

Calcium-score screening heart scans, also called coronary calcium scans, provide very useful and cost-effective information to help evaluate a person’s risk of coronary artery disease and heart attack ...

The billboard says $99. A few minutes in a CT scanner, and out comes a number that promises to tell you something a cholesterol test cannot: whether calcium has built up in the arteries of your heart.

Using data from a national study, Johns Hopkins researchers determined that using heart CT scans can help personalize treatment in patients whose blood pressure falls in the gray zone of just above ...