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Savvy senior: Should you get a heart calcium scan?

"I just turned 58 and heart disease runs in my family. My cholesterol has been creeping up, and I’ve been hearing about a ...
News Medical

Heart CT scans can help personalize treatment for patients with mild high blood pressure

In contrast, participants with systolic blood pressure under 140 millimeters of mercury — below the current cutoff for treatment — and rated with a low predicted risk of heart disease who had a ...
Medscape

Mild or absent coronary calcification does not preclude inducible myocardial ischemia

Baltimore, MD - A new study comparing exercise radionuclide scintigraphy with multidetector computed tomography (CT) as a screening tool for asymptomatic CAD has found only a modest agreement between ...
TCTMD

Lp(a) and CAC Levels Independently Predict Long-term ASCVD Risk

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) ...