Cardiac Calcium Scoring: Why It Is Done
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Why It Is Done
Cardiac calcium scoring is done to:
- Find out if you have coronary artery disease (CAD).
- Find out how severe your heart disease is.
- Sometimes predict if you will get symptoms of CAD.
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| Last updated: | June 19, 2007 |
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| Author: | Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS |
| Reviewed By: | E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine, George Philippides, MD - Cardiology |
| Editors: | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA, Tracy Landauer |
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