Zac Lysen felt fine when he went in for what he expected to be a routine heart scan. A Coronary CT angiogram uncovered a silent threat. Sponsored by Cardia Vision.

It’s not a screening test for everyone. It’s intended only for selected asymptomatic patients, ages 40 to 75, who have never had a heart attack or a stroke and are not already on cholesterol drugs.

Coronary artery calcium scans can offer a more precise estimate of a patient’s chances for major cardiac events. Some cardiologists say it remains underused.

MURRAY, Utah (ABC4 Utah) – Having a coronary artery calcium (CAC) score of zero has generally been accepted as a marker of a very low risk of having a cardiac event within the next five years. However ...

Abstract Objective: CT calcium scoring is a tool for assessing disease severity and risk for adverse events in coronary artery disease; however, quantification of vessel-specific calcium burden from ...

A large study of more than 40,000 patients from cardiac researchers at Intermountain Health in Salt Lake City finds that a zero coronary artery calcium score, which shows no evidence of plaque ...

New Spectral CT Scanner at Southland Hospital Elevates Cancer & Cardiac Care Unlike conventional single-energy CT, spectral CT captures every X-ray photon’s energy level, then reconstructs separate ...

The 2023 Predicting Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Events (PREVENT) risk score accurately identifies individuals with coronary artery calcium.

Risk discrimination of incident myocardial infarction events improved by adding coronary artery calcium to PREDICT risk.

PREVENT equation accurately estimated 10-year CVD risk and those with calcium buildup And adding coronary calcium score to PREVENT improved estimates for heart attack risk, finds a new study in ...

WEDNESDAY, May 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- The 2023 Predicting Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Events (PREVENT) risk score accurately identifies individuals with coronary artery calcium (CAC ...