If you could prevent yourself from having a heart attack, would you do it? It sounds like a no-brainer, but the signs of being at an increased risk of becoming one of the 805,000 people a year in the ...

Coronary artery disease is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Although it can present with an ...

The calcification of the carotid artery is a sign of advanced arteriosclerosis, which may be associated with chronic coronary artery disease (CAD) and can lead to death. Such calcification can be seen ...

What Is Coronary Calcification And Why Does It Matter? Coronary calcification (CC) refers to calcium deposits in the walls of the arteries of the heart. While people often have no symptoms at first, ...

Coronary artery calcium scores can accurately assess cardiovascular risk for both men and women, according to a study presented at the American Heart Association’s annual Scientific Sessions Nov. 18.

A simple and inexpensive screening test can show which diabetic patients face an increased risk of heart disease, which can help them get the care they need, faster -- and proactively reduce their ...

In a recent study published in Circulation, researchers investigated the effects of socioeconomic position and race on the link between closeness to urban green and blue areas and cardiovascular ...

The development of dangerous coronary artery calcification shares a common pathway with bone formation, and so heart conditions relating to calcification can also have repercussions involving risk ...

Scientists are illustrating the power of a low coronary artery calcium (CAC) score in the context of heart disease in a new study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. In ...

Dec. 5, 2002 (Chicago) — Results of a retrospective study of more than 1,800 women who had both mammograms and angiograms within the same year suggest that calcium build-up in breast arteries is a ...