Search Tag: CT scans
5-tests-for-better-heart-disease-risk-prediction
2017 06 Apr
Five simple medical tests – an EKG, a limited CT scan, and three blood tests – together provide a broader and more accurate assessment of heart-disease risk than currently used methods, according to cardiologists at UT Southwestern Medical Center. The findings are published in the journal Circulation. See Also : How Diabetes Increases Heart Attack...Read more
Aha-to-clinicians-know-the-radiation-risks-of-heart-imaging
2014 01 Oct
The American Heart Association (AHA) has issued a new scientific statement stressing the importance of clinicians to understand the risks of heart imaging involving radiation and to discuss these with patients before ordering such tests. The advisory came out amidst increasing reliance on the use of medical imaging to diagnose and treat patients with...Read more