What can a coronary artery calcium scan tell you about your heart health?

Cholesterol levels can reveal a lot about your heart health risk. While a certain amount of cholesterol is essential for the ...
Detroit Free Press

HeartLung AI Welcomes CMS Coverage for AI-Enabled Opportunistic Coronary Artery Calcium (CAC) Detection on Chest CT

HOUSTON, TX, UNITED STATES, April 7, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — HeartLung AI today welcomed CMS’s establishment of HCPCS code G0680 in the April 2026 Hospital ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Risk Enhancers, Calcium Scoring, and the Full Picture of Cardiovascular Prevention

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

Do you need statins? Heart scans can help decide

Low-cost coronary artery calcium scans can help determine if you need statin drugs, especially if you're 40-75.
The Cardiology Advisor

Routine Head CT and AI Analysis May Improve CVD Identification

AI algorithms using routine head CT images enhance cardiovascular risk detection beyond traditional clinical models and risk equations.
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Why a calcium score could save your heart

A coronary calcium score test is a quick, painless CT scan that measures calcium buildup in the heart’s arteries—an early marker of heart disease. New guidelines and research show it can refine ...
Mena FN

Half Of All Heart Attacks Happen To People With“Normal” Cholesterol. Vitals Vault's New CT Scan Detects The Disease Blood Tests Can Miss

(MENAFN- GetNews) The Complete Metabolic Heart Scan - led by NYT-bestselling physician Dr. Robert Lufkin - delivers coronary calcium scoring, arterial age, and liver fat quantification in a single ...