Cholesterol levels can reveal a lot about your heart health risk. While a certain amount of cholesterol is essential for the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A deep learning algorithm quantified coronary artery calcium scores from routine chest CT scans. Patients with a ...

About half of all American adults grapple with some form of heart disease, so it’s understandable to want to do what you can to lower your risk, especially if you have a family history. While eating ...

When we think about a cardiac arrest, we usually imagine dramatic scenes - chest pain, ambulances, and emergency surgeries. However, the truth is, for most people, heart disease is quietly brewing ...

When it comes to heart health, most people rely on the usual suspects , cholesterol numbers, blood pressure readings, maybe a stress test if things look off. But what if there’s a scan that could tell ...

Clinicians can gain a fuller picture of subclinical atherosclerosis in young people thanks to a new tool that calculates coronary artery calcium (CAC) percentile scores by age, sex, and race. For ...

In Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 of this 4-part series, we covered the CKM framework (the heart–kidney–metabolic connection), ...

Heart disease is the world’s leading cause of mortality, comprising 32% of all deaths. But that doesn’t mean people are powerless against the condition — there are some steps they can take to help ...