This means that if you have calcium deposits in your coronary arteries, you have at least some coronary artery disease (CAD). For many years, healthcare providers have known that certain sophisticated ...

Marcella Cabral Caires, M.D., from the University of Ottawa Heart Institute in Ontario, Canada, and colleagues examined the prevalence and prognostic utility of coronary artery calcium in a population ...

Guam Regional Medical City has executed the launch of an innovative, state-of-the-art heart imaging test: Computed Tomography ...

The deposition of this mineral on plaques in our heart arteries can contribute to chest pain and heart attacks.

The catheterization lab has an interventional tool that uses ultrasound shockwaves to strike coronary artery calcium.

The researchers observed a positive correlation between the presence of coronary artery calcium and AAC (r = 0.56). In 324 patients (9 percent), MACE ... "Instead of relying on dedicated CT scans of ...

The researchers observed a positive correlation between the presence of coronary artery calcium and AAC (r ... "Instead of relying on dedicated CT scans of coronary arteries, which are rare ...

Methods: We used computed tomography (CT) to assess coronary artery calcification score (CACS) using the Agatston method. The TyG index was multiplied by BMI to derive the TyG-BMI index. Ordinal ...