Sara Adair knew she was at risk for a life-threatening aortic dissection after her father and sister experienced the same ...

Baptist Health Paducah offers a test that can detect heart disease before symptoms appear such as chest pain, shortness of ...

The patient’s own doctors couldn’t agree on a cause. One said asthma. Another implicated her age, then 71. A third blamed ...

Since the donation of a SPECT camera by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), a busy hospital in Brazil’s city of Niteroi has doubled its capacity to perform heart scans, expanding access to ...

Hospitals and imaging centers are now required to track and report radiation exposure from CT scans under new Medicare ...

The imaging tool used to diagnose bone injuries, cancer and other diseases may expose patients to unnecessarily high ...

St. Luke’s University Health Network has become the first in the Lehigh Valley to use a new, non-invasive diagnostic option ...

HARTFORD, CT– In an effort to raise awareness about coronary calcium scans, lawmakers held a news conference Wednesday, in honor of American Heart Month, to ask doctors and patients to advocate for ...

We’re wrapping up heart month with a test that can save lives. It zeroes in on calcium in the arteries around your heart.

Heart disease is the world’s leading cause of mortality, comprising 32% of all deaths. But that doesn’t mean people are ...

Advanced diagnostic imaging, particularly dedicated cardiac CT, can play an important role ... while also eliminating the need for repeat scans—a major source of patient frustration.