Heart disease almost always seems to come unannounced and mass media projections tend to reiterate this. Despite the fact that medical technology has evolved considerably, the onset of heart disease continues to be unexpected and dramatic.
With the prevention and detection approach gaining ground, new diagnostic techniques make it possible to discover even the minor plaques setting base in your blood vessels. One of the key tests for this is called the Cardiac CT calcium score (CAC score). This is a noninvasive CT scan that measures the amount of calcium deposited in the calcified plaques in the coronary arteries and calculates a score. Higher the score, the higher the risk of future cardiac events and stroke. A coronary calcium scan is an extremely useful assessment tool for those who are uncertain about their…