Calcium cardiac calcium scoring proves effective
Still on the heels of the death of Tim Russert there is yet another test raving of benefits… calculating cardiac calcium scores.
“Calcium scoring is helpful to see if somebody has coronary disease,” she said. “It’s not as helpful to determine … where critical blockages are or which plaque is going to cause a problem. It’s a good screening test. We go from there to try to reduce the risk of having a heart attack.”
With a positive test the patient then has the knowledge to go and have a stress test and ultimately a cath to fix any blockages.
via Baltimore Sun
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