Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of Americans. In the United States, it's estimated that someone has a heart attack every 40 seconds. These are scary statistics, but there's one test that can give ...

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

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: 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 ...

February is American Heart Month, a time when people can focus on their heart health. Heart health experts from the Intermountain Health Heart and Vascular Program are working to educate Utahns about ...

Last year, President Donald Trump's doctors screened him for heart disease using a test unfamiliar to many Americans. Now, research shows that that test, either alone or combined with other evaluation ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- 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 ...

BOUNTIFUL — Andra Lalli, 65, leads an active lifestyle. She enjoys going to the gym and has taught fitness classes for years — which is why when she went in for a heart scan, her results were ...

Predicting a heart attack is both possible and affordable even without symptoms. It’s a quick scan for calcium. The inexpensive test doctors said can help motivate patients to make important lifestyle ...

Cedar Park triathlete had no idea he needed a quadruple bypass, but a CT calcium scan revealed a hidden heart problem.

Last week, Altimeter Capital founder and CEO Brad Gerstner posted on X (formerly Twitter), “Get a Calcium CT Scan of your arteries - $100 / 30 mins can save your life.” Ohanian quoted the post, adding ...

A heart CT scan uses X-rays to create an image of the heart and blood vessels. Healthcare professionals may also refer to it as cardiac CT angiography. A CT scan is a noninvasive imaging procedure.