The most common sign of heart-related issues is usually pain in the chest. (Image Credits: Pixabay) Angiograms is a medical imaging procedure used to check the blood flow through a blood vessel or ...

MUNICH, Germany—Some are hailing the 5-year results from SCOT-HEART, showing that a chest-pain workup strategy using coronary CT angiography (CTA) is superior to standard care, as the most powerful, ...

Giving CT angiogram scans to people coming to the emergency room with chest pain could improve the speed of heart attack detection and lower costs, a research study has found. Among the findings were ...

SHREVEPORT, LA (KSLA) - You have probably heard of a stress test to determine any issues with your heart. However, here's another test that doctors say can give patients more ease of mind, and still ...

For years, doctors assured Sarah Brown the pains in her chest, shoulders and upper back were likely to be muscular, and nothing to do with her heart. As a trim size 10 — she regularly cycled eight ...

Cardiac computed tomography (cardiac CT) includes coronary CT angiography (CTA) as well as using CT technology to assess disease of the cardiac valves, aorta and pericardium. This examination requires ...

Medical researchers have found a way to dramatically lower the need for ‘invasive coronary angiography’ (ICA), with CT imaging instead pointing the way forward. When investigating patients with ...

MUNICH — Adding CT coronary angiography (CTCA) to standard care in patients with stable chest pain leads to a significant reduction in rates of death from coronary heart disease (CHD) or nonfatal ...