Hyderabad neurologist explains why CT calcium score is a useful heart test, but often misunderstood

Calcium score helps detect calcified plaque in the artery, but softer plaques can remain undetected, shares Dr Sudhir Kumar.
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Cardiologist explains why having a calcium score of zero does not make a person heart attack proof

Having a low calcium score is reassuring. However, it does not make a person immune to heart attacks. Taking to Instagram on May 13, Dr Dmitry Yaranov, a US-based cardiologist specialising in heart ...
Medscape

Mild or absent coronary calcification does not preclude inducible myocardial ischemia

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 ...

Should you get a heart calcium scan?

Dear Savvy Senior,I just turned 58, and heart disease runs in my family. My cholesterol has been creeping up, and I’ve been ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Contributor: Personalized Heart Risk and How AI-Powered Plaque Analysis Is Changing Prevention

AI-enabled coronary CT angiography reveals total plaque burden beyond calcium scores, improving risk prediction and personalizing cardiovascular prevention. For decades, cardiovascular prevention has ...
Chillicothe Gazette

Calcium scoring test leads Ohio couple to life‑saving heart surgery

An area couple is sharing their experience with open-heart surgery to raise awareness about the importance of calcium scoring tests. Odie and Karen Lawhun underwent open-heart surgery within months of ...