Personalized Cardiac Prevention – Coronary Calcium Score
Razi Berry Your doctor tells you that you need a statin to lower your cholesterol and reduce your heart attack risk. You don’t like taking medicine and your friend tells you that he had achy muscles after he started a statin. You wonder if you should listen to your doctor or go without the medicine. […]
Study Supports Coronary Calcium Score as Better Risk Predictor Than Traditional Risk Factors
Razi Berry A recent study presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Session conference supports coronary calcium levels as a better signifier of blocked arteries and heart attack risk than traditional risk indicators currently in use.1 Risks factors are valuable but do not reveal whether or not disease is present “With coronary calcium, we’re looking […]