Symptomatic people with evidence of coronary artery disease on imaging significantly benefited from statin use while those ...

Coronary artery disease is a major public health problem. Accurate stratification of patients who present to the emergency department with acute chest pain and have no evidence of acute coronary ...

Noninvasive coronary angiography has been the holy grail of cardiovascular medicine for decades. Cardiac CT angiography obtained with multislice CT technology is finally reaching the high standard in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In patients with stable chest pain and intermediate pretest probability of CAD, risk for major adverse CV events ...

Computed tomography and coronary angiography are typically used to save or improve lives, not to investigate deaths. But for adults who die suddenly in the absence of suspicious circumstances, the use ...

How much is the more dangerous soft plaque that could rupture and cause a heart attack or stroke? Budoff is one of a ...

Learn about CT Calcium Scoring, a non-invasive test for assessing cardiac risk in individuals over 30 with potential symptoms ...

Adding stress myocardial CT perfusion imaging to examinations with CT angiography may safely increase diagnostic specificity and reduce the need for invasive treatments in patients with possible ...

For patients with suspected acute coronary syndromes (ACS) CT angiography (CTA) compared to standard treatment can reduce the time in the emergency department (ED), according to results of the ROMICAT ...

After years of declining reimbursement, the US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed an increase in the amount paid to hospitals and outpatient clinics for cardiac computed ...

Sugar Land will be home for a $2 million facility in the next few weeks, when Sugar Land Imaging Center opens its doors on Highway 6 and U.S. 59. The center will be the first in Fort Bend County to ...