Scans can predict heart attack risk but often create uneccessary worry. Aug. 18, 2011— -- Joanne Leahy, 59, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., followed her cardiologist's recommendation and had a computer ...

Heart disease remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Traditionally, many patients begin treatment only after experiencing a cardiovascular event. However, experts at the University of ...

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 ...

If you're at risk of heart disease, you may want to find out your heart's calcium score. There are two primary tests for assessing calcium in the heart. An angiogram lets you know what's happening on ...

I have written numerous columns about the coronary calcium scan, which detects the amount of calcium present in atherosclerotic plaques in the coronary arteries. This test is important because such ...

Little additional work has been performed beyond that of Lee et al. [1,3,10] to further investigate the proposed dual action of ibutilide. Our laboratory has sought to examine the effects of sodium ...