A heart CT scan uses X-rays to create an image of the heart and blood vessels. Healthcare professionals may also refer to it as cardiac CT angiography. A CT scan is a noninvasive imaging procedure.

Share on Pinterest A new study found that CT scans do a better job than genetic testing at determining heart disease risk when conventional factors are also taken into account. Reza Estakhrian/Getty ...

TUSTIN, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--To meet the growing cardiovascular needs of healthcare providers today, Canon Medical Systems USA, Inc. is breaking ground once again with the introduction of Deep ...

Heart disease is the leading cause of death for men and women in America, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. One person dies every 34 seconds in the United States from ...

CT Scan Vs MRI: Which Is Better? “Cardiac CT scan and Cardiac MRI are two advanced imaging tests used to look at the heart, but they work in different ways and are used for different purposes,” shares ...

Kumamoto University researchers discover that combining two advanced heart imaging techniques can predict life-threatening cardiovascular events with high accuracy. A routine heart scan might soon do ...

Including cardiac CT in the initial hyperacute stroke imaging protocol gives a higher yield for detecting high-risk cardioaortic sources of embolism than the current practice of performing later ...