A better way to predict heart attacks

Tuesday, April 27, 2010 - 16:50 in Health & Medicine

Every year thousands of people get heart scans that provide pictures of calcium deposits in their coronary arteries. Studies have shown that the coronary artery calcium score (CACS) can point to signs of atherosclerosis and predict future heart attacks.

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