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Coronary artery calcium score on computed tomography had better risk discrimination than the polygenic risk score, in a new study.

A new study suggests that CT scans used in conjunction with traditional risk markers can help doctors assess individual coronary heart disease risk more accurately than genetic testing in middle aged and older adults.

Irregular sleep patterns may play a role in the pathophysiologic development of cardiovascular disease, according to a research article published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, JAHA.

Sleeping an inconsistent number of hours each night and falling asleep at different times may increase the risk of developing atherosclerosis among adults older than 45 compared to people with more consistent sleep habits, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open access, peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association.

Sleep irregularity -; chronically disrupted sleep and highly variable sleep durations night after night -; may increase the risk for atherosclerosis, according to a study led by Kelsie Full, PhD, MPH, of Vanderbilt University Medical Center.