WVU Medicine St. Joseph’s Hospital has installed a second CT scanner — the Canon Prism — marking a major expansion of the ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Using a heart scan in the emergency room to rule out heart attacks and other problems in low-risk patients with chest pain can save hospitals billions of dollars, researchers said ...

I lay on the bed of the CT scan at the Heart Hospital of Austin looking up at the ceiling as it moves into the CT tunnel. A voice through the speakers tells me to breathe in, hold my breath, then ...

A 10-minute heart scan that can tell people if they are at risk for a heart attack, and the test requires no needles, injections or contrast dye, and patients do not have to remove their clothes, a ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Doctors can now reliably detect heart abnormalities that could lead to sudden death in adult athletes, and should use the test whenever a healthy athlete experiences heart ...

CHICAGO, March 26 (Reuters) - Using a heart scan in the emergency room to rule out heart attacks and other problems in low-risk patients with chest pain can save hospitals billions of dollars, ...