Posted: 10/08/06 - 23:00 Post subject: EBCT Calcium Score
Hi, I have high EBCT Calcium Score for six months already. Some cardiologist take it into account when looking at my lab results and other don’t pay attention. Is EBCT valid indicator of heart state?
Hi, as you said yourself opinions are divided among health professionals, but patients wonder whom to trust. It is a difficult question to answer. Some would not recommend EBCT for diagnosing obstructive CAD because of its low specificity and take it as additional expensive and unnecessary testing. So, even high calcium score is not suggestive of plaque likely to rupture, and you shouldn’t be afraid. EBCT is not good at predicting plaque likely to rupture at this point.
I think that EBCT create more questions than the answers, so it would be the best to avoid it in the future.
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