New Clinical Indications Statement Expands Recommendations for Cardiac PET and Myocardial Blood Flow Quantification Based on the clinical and scientific evidence now available, there are no clinical ...

CT scans are becoming a more commonly used tool to effectively determine a patient’s future risk of heart disease and heart ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Regular readers of my column know I have been very bullish about the Coronary Calcium Scan, also known as a calcium score test or ...

Preventing heart disease now goes beyond routine cholesterol and blood pressure checks. Newer, more sophisticated tools can ...

Editor's Note: This article is made possible through a sponsored content partnership with New Hanover Regional Medical Center. Most people don’t know they have coronary artery disease until they have ...

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 ...

My brother returned from a calcium scan of his heart a few years ago with the happy news that his coronary arteries were free of hardened plaque that could suggest serious underlying heart disease.

SGMC Health is expanding its advanced cardiac imaging capabilities with the introduction of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) cardiac stress testing, offering patients faster, more accurate ...

Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of Americans. In the United States, it's estimated that someone has a heart attack every 40 seconds. These are scary statistics, but there's one test that can give ...

We are blessed to live in a county with the world’s greatest and most advanced healthcare system. Not only that, we often don’t have to worry about many issues that destroy health, like infectious ...

Sarah Freundlich folded her hands as she thought about the heart attack that never happened. "I started seeing the cardiologist several years ago because I had some heart palpitations," she said. "I ...

Failing a stress test occurs when you can’t complete it due to exhaustion or other factors. Abnormal results may indicate an underlying condition, such as coronary artery disease or a blockage. A ...