The underlying cause of nearly all heart attacks is clogging of the arteries with cholesterol (atherosclerosis). It starts early in life and by middle age, can be very advanced. The problem is, even ...

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

Low-cost coronary artery calcium scans can help determine if you need statin drugs, especially if you're 40-75.

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Coronary artery calcium (CAC) CT scans are becoming a more commonly used tool to effectively determine a patient’s future risk of heart disease and heart attack. These minimally invasive scans measure ...

A long list of Lynda Hollander's paternal relatives had heart disease, and several had undergone major surgeries. So when she hit her mid-50s and saw her cholesterol levels creeping up after menopause ...

BLOOM (TAMPA) – Eric Shuman, the Director of Operations for Life Guard Imaging, joins Gayle Guyardo, the host of Bloom, to discuss heart attack prevention with Coronary Calcium Scans. From their full ...

Equipped with knowledge of their coronary artery calcium (CAC) scan results and a statin prescription, patients were more likely to slow their plaque progression over 3 years. The trial studied people ...

Recently, a patient came to the hospital where I work with a persistent cough. Their doctor had ordered a CT scan – a type of imaging that creates detailed cross-sectional pictures of the body’s ...

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 ...

Alot of people take statins. I do—and I’m grateful, because my cholesterol is in a healthy range. But a simple, low-cost CT scan might reveal I don’t actually need the medication. That could be true ...