Coronary Calcium Scans: Know the Score!

When Coronary Artery CT Calcium scans first came out, there was the thought that it’s a gimmick to keep underemployed radiologists busy. However, as time went on, studies accumulated, techniques improved and folks began to realize that it was a pretty good tool to estimate risk of coronary problems before they become problems. A Coronary Artery Calcium (CAC) scan is a type of computerized tomography of the heart. Computerized tomography (CT) is a slick computer assisted type of x-ray imaging that takes radiographic slices of whatever is being scanned, allowing a much higher degree of precision...