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Coronary Calcium Score 

The most effective non-invasive test for the early detection of heart disease

An astonishing 50% of people who are hospitalized with cardiovascular disease have “normal” cholesterol levels. And 75% of patients who have had a heart attack fell within the current guideline-recommended targets for LDL cholesterol.1

The Coronary Calcium Score

A calcium score can tell you if you are developing coronary artery disease years before outward symptoms can begin to appear. This allows your doctor to design an individualized program to halt or even reverse the blockage in your arteries and dramatically lower your risk of a future heart attack, or the need for angioplasty, stents or open-heart surgery. If you are taking (or have been advised to take) cholesterol-lowering mediation, the calcium score can help determine if such medication is truly necessary.

Coronary Calcium Score by Imaging Healthcare Specialists - San Diego

The calcium score is:

Fast. The test takes less than 10 minutes and you don’t have to remove your clothing.

Accurate. It’s the best test available to detect heart disease in people who exhibit no symptoms.

Proven. Used by the world’s leading cardiologists in everyday practice.

Safe. The radiation dose is extremely minimal.

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Supporting Clinical Evidence

    1. Rumberger JA, Simons DB, Fitzpatrick LA, Sheedy PF, Schwartz RS. Coronary artery calcium area by electron-beam computed tomography and coronary atherosclerotic plaque area. A histopathologic correlative study. Circulation 1995;92 (8):2157–62. [PubMed]
    2. Bonow RO. Clinical practice. Should coronary calcium screening be used in cardiovascular prevention strategies? N Engl J Med 2009;361(10):990–7. [PubMed]
    3. Budoff MJ, Achenbach S, Blumenthal RS, Carr JJ, Goldin JG, Greenland P, et al. Assessment of coronary artery disease by cardiac computed tomography: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association Committee on Cardiovascular Imaging and Intervention, Council on Cardiovascular Radiology and Intervention, and Committee on Cardiac Imaging, Council on Clinical Cardiology. Circulation 2006;114(16):1761–91. [PubMed]
    4. Agatston AS, Janowitz WR, Hildner FJ, Zusmer NR, Viamonte M Jr, Detrano R. Quantification of coronary artery calcium using ultrafast computed tomography. J Am Coll Cardiol 1990;15(4):827–32. [PubMed]
    5. Detrano R, Guerci AD, Carr JJ, Bild DE, Burke G, Folsom AR, et al. Coronary calcium as a predictor of coronary events in four racial or ethnic groups. N Engl J Med 2008;358(13): 1336–45. [PubMed]
    6. Polonsky TS, McClelland RL, Jorgensen NW, Bild DE, Burke GL, Guerci AD, Greenland P. Coronary artery calcium score and risk classification for coronary heart disease prediction. JAMA 2010;303(16):1610–16. [PMC free article] [PubMed]
    7. Weintraub WS, Diamond GA. Predicting cardiovascular events with coronary calcium scoring. N Engl J Med 2008; 358(13):1394–6. [PubMed]
    8. McEvoy JW, Blaha MJ, Defilippis AP, Budoff MJ, Nasir K, Blumenthal RS, Jones SR. Coronary artery calcium progression: an important clinical measurement? A review of published reports. J Am Coll Cardiol 2010;56(20):1613–22. [PubMed]
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