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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The medical team will not perform CT Angio when your ECG and stress test results show no issues, and you belong to a low-risk ...

Although CT is a relatively recent technology, there have been great improvements in the equipment. The early, slow "Step and Scan" machines required long image acquisition times, resulting in a ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has rendered its final rule regarding 2020 reimbursement rates associated with cardiac computed tomography performed in hospitals, and imagers are ...

Proposed changes to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) billing codes associated with cardiac computed tomography for 2020 would drop reimbursement rates by 10-30% for three main CT ...