Regular readers of my column know I have been very bullish about the Coronary Calcium Scan, also known as a calcium score test or coronary calcium score, as a test for heart disease risk. I take ...

“Healthy patients without a history of heart disease can consider having a coronary artery calcium score done after age 40,” ...

HEALTH Heart attack risk can be found through non-invasive calcium score screening scan The heart risk test is a non-invasive way to determine potential treatment and could be use to prevent ...

Two-thirds of adults are at risk for heart disease, which can be deadly, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports. Now, results are showing that a simple test, that has been in use fo… ...

My brother returned from a calcium scan of his heart a few years ago with the happy news that his coronary arteries were free of hardened plaque that could suggest serious underlying heart disease.

Coronary Calcium Scan Another test commonly used to assess the risk of sudden heart attacks is the coronary calcium scan coronary calcium scan.

An older “heart age” than your actual age means you’re at greater risk for life-threatening conditions like a heart attack or ...

Even with COVID-19, heart disease continues to be the biggest health threat to Americans. But there's a non-invasive test which can find heart disease, even in adults with no symptoms.

That buildup can be detected through a coronary calcium scan — essentially a CT scan of your heart. It's a noninvasive imaging test that takes only a few minutes.

The test, done using a CT scan, assesses the amount of calcium people have in their blood vessels.

A coronary calcium scan can reveal what’s going on inside the arteries in an easily accessible and inexpensive manner. So, should you get one?

It's a noninvasive imaging test that takes only a few minutes. The scan produces a calcium score — a score of 0 means no calcium or other plaque can be found in your arteries.