Preventing heart disease relies on healthy habits, medication, and knowing cholesterol and blood pressure numbers. One scan in particular reveals arterial plaque and personalizes heart disease risk ...

Dear Savvy Senior,I just turned 58, and heart disease runs in my family. My cholesterol has been creeping up, and I’ve been ...

DEAR DR ROACH: I’m a 67-year-old male who recently had a calcium score test, and my results came in at 513. Needless to say, I was quite shocked at the results. I have always been an active individual ...

Higher levels of lipoprotein(a) portend a person will have greater risk of developing atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) over 15 years regardless of their coronary artery calcium (CAC) ...

In contrast, participants with systolic blood pressure under 140 millimeters of mercury — below the current cutoff for treatment — and rated with a low predicted risk of heart disease who had a ...

Beyond standard risk scores, the guideline highlights key risk enhancers—including lipoprotein(a), inflammation markers, and women's health factors—and elevates coronary artery calcium scoring as a ...

Calcium score helps detect calcified plaque in the artery, but softer plaques can remain undetected, shares Dr Sudhir Kumar.

In a new study of more than 40,000 patients, researchers at Intermountain Health in Salt Lake City have found that patients who have no evidence of calcium in their coronary arteries are not only ...

When it comes to heart health, prevention is the name of the game. Cardiovascular disease, heart attacks and strokes are more than 75% preventable by having healthy diet and lifestyle habits in place.

SAVVY SENIOR: Cholesterol numbers have been the main way to estimate heart disease risk for years. But there’s another tool ...