Calcium score is a risk assessment tool and not a diagnostic test, as such, it cannot guarantee no chance of heart attack, explains Dr Yaranov.

Cardiologist explains why some younger adults with obesity, diabetes or smoking history may need a CT angiogram to detect dangerous soft plaque ...

Preventive cardiologists have a wonderful tool for noninvasively identifying plaque (atherosclerosis) in the arteries to the heart: the coronary artery calcium (CAC) scan. Since 1/3 of Americans die ...