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Navy Marine Corps Intranet. The Navy/Marine Corps Intranet ( NMCI) is a United States Department of the Navy program which was designed to provide the vast majority of information technology services for the entire Department, including the United States Navy and Marine Corps .
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Access to the database is very limited, such as the time the CAC is created. When the CAC is read on a stand-alone system, with the correct key, the DOB and such can be extracted from the card, and without the database. Think about it: in times of war, you can't always have access to the database. The CAC can be used like dog tags out in the field.
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 ...
Coronary artery calcification is the buildup of calcium in the arteries that supply blood to your heart. Calcification often occurs at the same time as atherosclerosis. Coronary artery disease ...
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 ...