I recently had a CAT scan of my chest as an evaluation for pneumonia. I didn’t have pneumonia, but I got an unexpected high calcium score in my coronary arteries. Does the calcium I eat affect this? I ...

This article explains who might be a good candidate for a calcium scan, how the test is performed, and how the score is ...

Heart disease remains the number one cause of death in the U.S. And looking for warning signs, including shoulder pain, can ...

scans such as heart scans for coronary artery calcium (CAC) score, and lung scans for lung cancer screening and other diagnostic chest CT scans. AutoChamberTM also works on coronary CT angiography ...

Although vascular calcium scoring via computed tomography (CT) imaging has already gained attention for risk assessment in coronary artery disease (CAD), analytical methods for vessel-by-vessel CT ...

The original risk score is based on traditional risk factors for heart disease, sex, race and coronary artery calcium (CAC) levels, which are obtained from computed tomography (CT) imaging.