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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Heart attacks are becoming more common in young people specially in Indian context where data has shown that 20 to 25% of the attacks are in the age group of below 45 years. The best way to diagnose ...

For Katrina Umback, it is difficult to hold back tears as she describes the strength of her sons, Joey and Jesse, after the death of their father at the age of 42. Mildura woman Katrina Umback is ...