{"id":17527,"date":"2021-01-19T12:48:35","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T17:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=17527"},"modified":"2021-01-19T12:48:35","modified_gmt":"2021-01-19T17:48:35","slug":"x-rays-could-help-detect-early-signs-of-heart-disease-study-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=17527","title":{"rendered":"X-rays could help detect early signs of heart disease, study finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Erica Carbajal for <em>Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>People with abdominal aortic calcification have a two- to four-times higher risk of a future cardiovascular event, according to a study published Jan. 13 in Journal of the American Heart Association. The condition, a build-up of calcium in the abdominal aorta, a major artery, is often detected through medical imaging modalities such as X-rays, highlighting an opportunity for early intervention.\u00a0 Continue reading article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckershospitalreview.com\/cardiology\/x-rays-could-help-detect-early-signs-of-heart-disease-study-finds.html\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/file0001205588090xray-doctor-medical-medicare-hospital-700x525.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8001\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/file0001205588090xray-doctor-medical-medicare-hospital-700x525-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/file0001205588090xray-doctor-medical-medicare-hospital-700x525-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/file0001205588090xray-doctor-medical-medicare-hospital-700x525.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice:<\/strong> The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Erica Carbajal for Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review) People with abdominal aortic calcification have a two- to four-times higher risk of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-general","category-medical-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17527"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17528,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17527\/revisions\/17528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}