How to Tell if You Need Cardiac Calcium Scoring
Are you thinking of getting a calcium scoring of your heart to see if you have dangerous levels of calcified plaque in your arteries? This 15 minute procedure can show the amount of buildup in [...]
Why Can’t an MRI Be Used for Calcium Scoring?
Since the CT scanner emits radiation, why isn’t MRI technology used to determine one’s calcium score? After all, there is zero emission of radiation from an MRI procedure. Furthermore, many people would much prefer lying [...]
Could Carrie Fisher Have Prevented Her Heart Attack?
There are steps Carrie Fisher could have taken, other than healthy diet & exercise, that may have prevented the heart attack she suffered on an airplane. Drugs, alcohol, smoking and crash dieting have been blamed [...]
Excess Sitting Raises Calcium Score: What You Should Do
You probably already know that lots of sitting every day raises calcium score, but here are some clever yet easy solutions to avoid “the sitting disease.” […]
Coronary Artery Calcium Score Predicts Heart Attacks
Heart attacks can be predicted with the so-called calcium score, which is based upon the amount of this mineral in your coronary arteries. The calcium score is used to predict heart attacks when taken into [...]
Zero Calcium Score: How Soon Can a Bad Diet Raise It?
If your calcium score is zero and you go bust with your diet, how long before the score rises? Your calcium score is zero because you’ve been having a healthful diet and exercising, and maybe [...]
Calcium Score May Show Death Risk Even without Family History of Heart Disease
This study shows that even healthy people with no early family history of heart disease may want to get a calcium score test. Have you had your coronary calcium score taken? This is a five [...]
Zero Calcium Score & Normal Heart Structure but with PVCs?
What does it mean when you have premature ventricular contractions (PVC's) but also a zero calcium score and normal heart structure? Can the presence of the PVC's still be indicative of something bad? I asked [...]
Zero Calcium Score Possible with Major Soft Plaque Buildup
Does a zero calcium score automaticlly mean you're off the hook for dangerous soft plaque buildup in your arteries? Though coronary calcium scoring is an accurate indicator of the presence of heart disease (varying degrees [...]
What a Calcium Score Means in Low Heart Disease Risk People
If you're at low risk for heart disease but have a calcium score above zero, just what does this mean for you? Though the calcium score has been shown to be a strong predictor of [...]
High Calcium in Arteries Linked to High Heart Attack Risk
The higher the calcium in your arteries (shown by a calcium score test), the likelier you'll suffer a heart attack. Maybe it's time to get your calcium score! Researchers may be able to predict future [...]
Calcium Score Getting Higher Means Big Heart Attack Risk
If your coronary calcium score gets higher with each subsequent test, you have every reason to be very alarmed. How many coronary calcium tests have you had, and has your score gotten higher each time? [...]
Can Too Much Milk Raise Your Calcium Score?
Find out what the latest research says about calcium intake and heart disease. Milk is rich in calcium, and calcium deposits correlate to degree of heart disease, says Mayoclinic.com. A calcium score of zero means [...]
How Effective Is Calcium Score Test at Heart Disease Prevention?
Knowing your calcium score just might save yourself from death by heart disease. But it’s not as simple as an absolute number that applies to every single individual in the same way. There are multiple [...]
High Calcium Score but Normal Stress Test: Should You Worry?
So your calcium scan score is high, but your stress test was negative and showed no diminished blood flow through your coronary arteries. Are you off the hook? Do you wonder about the implications of [...]
CT Calcium Scoring & Radiation Cancer Risk: EBCT vs. 64 Slice
Fear of radiation exposure keeps some people from getting a calcium score done for their coronary arteries. The calcium score is a strong predictor of likelihood of a future heart attack. The equipment used for [...]
Can You Be Too Young to Have Calcium Buildup in Heart Arteries?
How young is too young to have measurable plaque buildup in the coronary arteries? A coronary artery calcium score exam has been proven to be very reliable at predicting the likelihood of a coronary event [...]
Can You Have a Low Calcium Score with Blocked Arteries?
Is it possible to have blocked arteries but at the same time a low coronary calcium score? The calcium score is a numerical value that's associated with the likelihood of having soft plaque heart disease. [...]
Calcium Score Too High for CT Angiogram to Show Arteries?
Suppose you’ve been wanting a CT angiogram, and your cardiologist has informed you that the CT angiogram would be pointless -- -- because your very high calcium score indicates that all the calcification in your [...]
How to Lower Your Coronary Calcium Score
Yes, it's possible to actually lower your calcium score--the number that's calculated from a CT scan of your heart's coronary calcified plaque. You may have been led to believe that coronary calcium score cannot be [...]
Is Daily Aspirin Beneficial if You Have a Zero Calcium Score?
Here’s information if you’ve ever wondered if it would be worth it to take a daily aspirin even though you’re calcium score is zero. Are you wondering if there would be any benefit to taking [...]
Zero Calcium Score in Asymptomatic vs. Symptomatic Patients
A zero calcium score is NOT an accurate predictor of cardiac events in patients with symptoms, but for those without symptoms, it’s over 95 percent. A group of people with symptoms like chest pain and [...]
Does a Zero Calcium Score Always Mean a Healthy Heart?
The coronary calcium scoring procedure is very accurate at predicting the likelihood of the presence of heart disease, but does this mean that a result of zero automatically means you can’t possibly have any heart [...]
HEART BYPASS SURGERY (CABG): RISKS, COMPLICATIONS, RECOVERY
My mother had quintuple bypass surgery, so I was inspired to interview a cardiothoracic surgeon to answer the many questions I had. These questions are based on my mother’s symptoms and other concerns following surgery. [...]