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2. What a Coronary Calcium Score Reveals About Heart Health - WebMD

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   This heart scan uses a special type of X-ray called a CT scan. It takes pictures of your arteries , the vessels that carry blood away from your heart , to check for calcium. You may hear this scan ...

3. Coronary Calcium Score: Role in Finding Risk or Severity of CAD

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   A CAC procedure is a CT scan that takes only minutes and shows the amount of calcium in the coronary arteries. It’s a low-cost and noninvasive way to measure your heart health.

4. Cholesterol Artery Test: Coronary Artery Calcium Test and Score

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   The scan captures images of your coronary arteries, and the amount of calcium in each artery is measured. When the measurements are combined, the result is a total calcium “score.”

5. Coronary CT calcium scan - Wikipedia

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   A coronary CT calcium scan is a computed tomography (CT) scan of the heart for the assessment of severity of coronary artery disease. Specifically, it looks for calcium deposits in atherosclerotic plaques in the coronary arteries that can narrow arteries and increase the risk of heart attack. [1] These plaques are the cause of most heart ...

6. The Cost of a Coronary Calcium Scan on Your Heart - Healthline

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   A coronary calcium scan is a type of computed tomography (CT) scan that allows doctors to see calcium buildup in the blood vessels of your heart.. A CT scan uses a series of X-rays to produce an ...

7. Using CT Scan to Diagnose Heart Disease - WebMD

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   3 min read. A heart computerized tomography (CT) scan, also called a calcium-score screening heart scan, is used to find calcium deposits in plaque of people with heart disease. They’re an ...

8. Borderline Cholesterol: What It Is and What to Do About It

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   Cholesterol is a waxy, fat-like substance. Your liver makes all the cholesterol your body needs. But you take in more cholesterol from certain foods, such as those from animals. If you have too ...

9. Common Access Card - Wikipedia

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   A Common Access Card (CAC). The common access card, also commonly referred to as the CAC, is the standard identification for active duty United States defense personnel. The card itself is a smart card about the size of a credit card. [1] Defense personnel that use the CAC include the Selected Reserve and National Guard, United States ...