In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Professor James Rudd, is joined by Professor Marc Dweck from The University of Edinburgh. They discuss a study in Heart that tested the predictive power of thoracic aortic calcium calcium for predicting future vascular events. Relevant reading: Thoracic versus coronary calcification for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease events prediction - https://heart.bmj.com/content/110/14/947  Editorial: Future applications of incidental detection of thoracic and coronary calcium for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease events prediction - https://heart.bmj.com/content/110/14/929 If you enjoy the show, please leave us a podcast review at https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/heart-podcast/id445358212?mt=2 or wherever you get your podcasts - it's really helpful.