When it comes to protecting your heart, preventative testing is key. Keeping track of important metrics like blood pressure and cholesterol can help you understand your risk of cardiovascular disease.

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, age is a strong ...

Whether age-related risk factors diminish the low risk predicted by a zero coronary artery calcium score has been uncertain – until now. A large new study of more than 40,000 patients from heart ...

Beyond standard risk scores, the guideline highlights key risk enhancers—including lipoprotein(a), inflammation markers, and ...