Friday, August 24, 2012

Heart Risk Prediction Improves With Calcium Scan

A review of six screening tools for identifying people at high risk for heart disease who are misclassified as intermediate risk using the current standard, suggests the best one is a CT scan that looks for calcium build-up in the arteries around the heart. The review is published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association, JAMA...

via Medical News Today

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