Benefits
Cardiac CT for calcium scoring is a quick and painless way to see if you're at a higher risk of having a heart attack.
The procedure takes only a few minutes, is painless, and does not involve the infusion of contrast material.
After a CT scan, no radiation is left in the patient's body.
Standard CT scans use X-rays, which have no acute negative effects.
The presence of calcified plaque in the coronary arteries—a sign of coronary artery disease—can be documented or excluded using a cardiac CT for calcium scoring.
Medical treatment can be influenced by the results of the examination.
Risks
If there is any chance that a woman is pregnant, she should always tell her doctor and the x-ray or CT technologist. For additional information about pregnancy and x-rays, go to the Safety page.
Because of the potential risk to the baby, CT scanning is not suggested for pregnant women unless medically required.
A high calcium score may be followed by further heart disease diagnostic tests, which may or may not produce clinically useful results and may be accompanied with adverse effects.
Radiation may increase your lifetime cancer risk by a little amount. The advantage of a correct diagnosis, on the other hand, will usually outweigh the risk. The amount of radiation is kept to a bare minimum.
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