A Heart Scan Could Save Your Life
There are some things in life that are so incredibly easy, and now (in this case) so incredibly inexpensive, and potentially life-saving, you have to ask yourself, why wouldn't everyone do this? Well, a heart scan is one of those things.
Heart scans are specialized CT scans that measure calcium in the coronary arteries to detect atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries). Commercially available heart scans measure the amount of calcium in the wall of an artery and yield a calcium score. The score is used to try and determine the risk of future cardiac events.
Heart scans can help people identify significant problems even if the individual had no symptoms of coronary illness. Now, incredibly accurate, reasonably priced, readily available, and completely non-invasive, a heart scan takes about 45 minutes, and can give your doctor a very accurate picture of your heart health.
A Heart Scan Could Save Your Life
There are some things in life that are so incredibly easy, and now (in this case) so incredibly inexpensive, and potentially life-saving, you have to ask yourself, why wouldn't everyone do this? Well, a heart scan is one of those things.
Heart scans are specialized CT scans that measure calcium in the coronary arteries to detect atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries). Commercially available heart scans measure the amount of calcium in the wall of an artery and yield a calcium score. The score is used to try and determine the risk of future cardiac events.
Heart scans can help people identify significant problems even if the individual had no symptoms of coronary illness. Now, incredibly accurate, reasonably priced, readily available, and completely non-invasive, a heart scan takes about 45 minutes, and can give your doctor a very accurate picture of your heart health.