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Cardiology Management

2025 17 Jun

Researchers at Mass General Brigham, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), have developed an artificial intelligence tool that can scan existing chest CT images to detect high coronary artery calcium (CAC) levels, an important predictor of future heart attacks and long-term mortality. Their findings, published in NEJ1Read more

IMAGING Management

2019 04 Dec

  With the help of artificial intelligence (AI), researchers have developed a tool that automatically measures coronary artery calcium – an important marker of heart disease – on chest CT images, according to a study being presented this week at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).     You might also1Read more

Cardiology Management

2018 13 Sep

Current guidelines suggest treatment for many individuals who may never develop a stroke. According to a new study, the combination of coronary artery calcification (CAC) and carotid artery intima-media thickness (CIMT) data could serve to further refine risk calculation for stroke prevention and may prioritise those in most need of statin the1Read more