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2. What Is a Coronary Calcium Scan? - WebMD

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   Your doctor can use what’s called a coronary calcium scan to get a clearer picture of your risk for a heart attack. This heart scan uses a special type of X-ray called a CT scan. It takes ...

3. The New Heart Tests: Which Ones Should You Have? - WebMD

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   Hemoglobin A1c. This blood test for diabetes isn't new, but the idea of using it to check for heart disease in people with diabetes or prediabetes is new. The A1c is a measure of blood sugar ...

4. 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 ...

5. Heart CT Scan: Purpose, Risks, and Procedure - Healthline

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   What is a heart CT scan? A CT scan uses X-rays to view specific areas of your body. These scans use safe amounts of radiation to create detailed images, which can help your doctor to detect any ...

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

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   A coronary calcium test is a noninvasive test, meaning it’s a low risk screening. The scan captures images of your coronary arteries, and the amount of calcium in each artery is measured. When ...

7. 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 ...

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

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   The higher your CAC score, the more you are at risk of heart attack. Scores from 1 to 100 indicate a low or medium risk of a heart attack. Scores between 100 and 300 indicate more calcium in your ...

9. Diagnosing Heart Disease With Cardiac Computed Tomography (CT)

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   The total body CT scan, or TBCT, is a diagnostic technique that uses computed tomography to help identify potential problems or diseases before symptoms even appear. The TBCT scan -- which takes ...