If you could prevent yourself from having a heart attack, would you do it? It sounds like a no-brainer, but the signs of being at an increased risk of becoming one of the 805,000 people a year in the ...

In movies, heart attacks are always sudden and very dramatic. While it’s true in real life that heart attacks can certainly be terrifying and can catch someone off guard (it’s not like anyone expects ...

What Is Coronary Calcification And Why Does It Matter? Coronary calcification (CC) refers to calcium deposits in the walls of the arteries of the heart. While people often have no symptoms at first, ...

The underlying cause of nearly all heart attacks is clogging of the arteries with cholesterol (atherosclerosis). It starts early in life and by middle age, can be very advanced. The problem is, even ...

In several previous columns, I have written about Coronary Calcium Scans, which detect the amount of calcium present in coronary arteries that deliver oxygen and nutrients to the heart. This test is ...

Hearing the statistics surrounding heart attacks and heart disease can be, well, disheartening. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, according to the American Heart ...