Predicting who is at high risk for a heart attack or death may be as simple as obtaining a person's coronary artery calcium ...
Nearly 800,000 Americans die or become disabled a year because their diseases are misdiagnosed. I was almost one of them.
Coronary artery calcium (CAC) scores have become a non-invasive way for physicians to easily determine how much plaque has ...
This can lead to more missed diagnoses of coronary artery disease in women compared with men. The reasons for these ...
HeartFlow’s AI-enabled plaque quantification technology has been upgraded to a new I CPT category code by the American Medical Association.
St. Luke’s University Health Network’s interventional cardiology team recently debuted the Abbott PressureWire X, the tiniest device ever made for measuring the health and function of the ...
New microscopic particles could hold key to preventing cardiovascular diseases. Read more at straitstimes.com.
High blood pressure can impair the kidneys' ability to filter waste from the blood, leading to kidney disease. The blood vessels in the eyes can be damaged, potentially causing vision impairment or ...
The following is a summary of “Carotid plaque thickness predicts cardiovascular events and death in patients with chronic ...