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 ...

Despite knowing common risk factors of heart disease, some people may still develop heart disease without obvious symptoms. This is why doctors are increasingly using tests that can identify hidden ...

Coronary artery calcium (CAC) scores have become a non-invasive way for physicians to easily determine how much plaque has built up inside a patient's coronary arteries, but the question has been how ...

Coronary artery calcium scoring with CT can identify symptomatic patients with a very low risk of heart attacks or strokes. Researchers said the findings may one day help some patients with stable ...

Coronary artery calcium (CAC) is a known risk factor for cardiovascular (CV) disease, even if clinicians maybe confused about how best to use the test. The higher a patient’s score on a CAC scan, the ...

I remember two patients who, on the surface, seemed to tell completely opposite stories. The first was a mid 30ish man whose calcium score was around 900 (normal being zero and high being anything ...

I use calcium scoring as one of the many tools available to us as cardiologists. Increasingly, I see people who have already had the test and arrive, carrying not just the result, but considerable ...

A score of 1-99 indicates a mild case of plaque, a score of 100-299 a moderate case, and a score of 300 or more a high case. The risk of a coronary event in the overall population generally parallels ...