For patients with diabetes and stable coronary artery disease, use of CT angiography is associated with fewer adverse cardiovascular events when compared with screening that employs functional stress ...

The first of its kind blood test can determine whether or not there is a blockage in your heart. The new genetic based blood test could drastically reduce the number of invasive and unnecessary heart ...

(UPDATED) Chicago, IL—Whether coronary CT angiography (CTA) or stress testing offers the most prognostic value for individuals with suspected coronary artery disease varies by patient sex, according ...

December 16, 2008 (Washington, DC) — The latest study to compare the diagnostic accuracy of CT angiography (CTA) to the gold standard--conventional coronary angiography (CCA)--indicates that the ...

In an analysis of Medicare data of nearly 300,000 patients who underwent outpatient evaluation for coronary artery disease by either computed tomography (CT) angiography or stress testing, those who ...

Dr. Topol: Yes, thank you. We were all quite pleased about that. They got it wrong, though; they said the test was for heart attack. It is not for heart attack; obviously, it is for coronary disease.

Chest pain may still be angina even when coronary angiogram testing shows the main heart arteries look clear. Using stress cardiac stress MRI testing to measure blood flow around the heart appears to ...

Several researchers believe the first gene test aimed at reducing unnecessary angiograms isn't ready for widespread use, but they still have hopes that it might lead to a breakthrough. Angiograms are ...

(This is an excerpt of the Health Rounds newsletter, where we present latest medical studies on Tuesdays and Thursdays.) By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) -A new testing protocol identifies patients whose ...