The following is a summary of “Visual coronary artery calcification score to predict significant coronary artery stenosis in ...

Computed tomography (CT) is the definitive diagnostic modality ... When the ascending aortic dissection involves the ostium of the right coronary artery, an inferior myocardial infarction can ...

Rapid improvements in technology mean that newer-generation spiral CT scanners are capable of higher spatial and temporal resolution than earlier scanners; 64-slice coronary artery CT has recently ...

by visual assessment in the proximal right coronary artery. CT-FFR and invasive FFR measured at 2 cm distal to the lesion were 0.59 and 0.64, respectively.

St. Luke’s University Health Network now offers a proven, noninvasive diagnostic option for people with suspected heart ...

As plaque (cholesterol deposits) builds up in coronary arteries, calcium is also deposited. A low-dose CT scan can measure the amount of calcium. Ideally, you would have a score of 0, and the higher ...

Among patients with stable coronary artery disease, colchicine lowered total plaque volume compared with placebo but had no ...

Having a coronary artery calcium (CAC) score of zero has generally been accepted as a marker of a very low risk of having a cardiac event within the next five years. However, age is a strong ...

Researchers from Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania’s Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics recently found ...

However, a new approach to determining risk and selecting a statin is the use of the coronary artery calcium (CAC ... the heart using computed tomography (CT) to look for calcium deposits in ...