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Coronary artery calcium (CAC) CT scans are becoming a more commonly used tool to effectively determine a patient’s future risk of heart disease and heart attack. These minimally invasive scans measure ...

The underlying cause of nearly all heart attacks is clogging of the arteries with cholesterol (atherosclerosis). It starts early in life and by middle age, can be very advanced. The problem is, even ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I have written numerous columns about the coronary calcium scan, which detects the amount of calcium present in atherosclerotic ...

A coronary calcium score test is a quick, painless CT scan that measures calcium buildup in the heart’s arteries—an early marker of heart disease. New guidelines and research show it can refine ...

BLOOM (TAMPA) – Eric Shuman, the Director of Operations for Life Guard Imaging, joins Gayle Guyardo, the host of Bloom, to discuss heart attack prevention with Coronary Calcium Scans. From their full ...

New AI tools could screen existing CT scans to asses risk for heart disease. But, who'll pay for it, and will it improve ...

Recently, a patient came to the hospital where I work with a persistent cough. Their doctor had ordered a CT scan – a type of imaging that creates detailed cross-sectional pictures of the body’s ...

February is National Heart Month and a great time to make sure you’re doing everything you can to keep your ticker in top shape. There’s an inexpensive scan available that has proven effective to help ...

TAMPA (BLOOM) – Many cardiovascular issues develop without symptoms. Gayle Guyardo, host of Bloom, sat down with the Director of Operations for Life Guard Imaging, Eric Shuman, to discuss how early ...