In modern cardiology, one of the greatest challenges is not treating heart attacks-but identifying silent coronary artery ...

I am an 85-year-old woman who is physically, mentally and socially active and in quite good health, except for osteoporosis ...

When it comes to heart health, prevention is the name of the game. Cardiovascular disease, heart attacks and strokes are more than 75% preventable by having healthy diet and lifestyle habits in place.

DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m 67 and in decent shape. I run 3-4 miles three times a week and lift weights three days a week. I take 20 mg of rosuvastatin daily. My LDL cholesterol is 85 mg/dL, and my HDL is ...

A zero Coronary Artery Calcium (CAC) score is often considered a reassuring sign of heart health, but experts caution that it ...

Baltimore, MD - A new study comparing exercise radionuclide scintigraphy with multidetector computed tomography (CT) as a screening tool for asymptomatic CAD has found only a modest agreement between ...

"It may be that if patients are in that blood pressure treatment gray zone with a high risk score but their coronary artery calcium score is zero, then they don't need to be treated aggressively to ...

Measuring cholesterol levels has long been the main way doctors assess the risk of heart disease. Increasingly, people are opting, too, for a simple, relatively affordable test: a coronary artery ...

Coronary artery calcium scores can accurately assess cardiovascular risk for both men and women, according to a study presented at the American Heart Association’s annual Scientific Sessions Nov. 18.

Higher levels of lipoprotein(a) portend a person will have greater risk of developing atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) over 15 years regardless of their coronary artery calcium (CAC) ...

I'm 67 and in decent shape.