Calcium-Score Helped Save His Life!

Calcium-Score Helped Save His Life!
๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐œ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ-๐’๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐‡๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ž๐ ๐’๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž! A calcium-score screening heart test (coronary calcium scan) uses computerized tomography (CT) to detect calcium deposits in the coronary arteries of your heart. A higher coronary calcium-score suggests you have a higher chance of significant narrowing in the coronary arteries and a higher risk of future heart attack.
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Even though this patient had no symptoms, his sister encouraged him to get a calcium-score test, because of a positive family history. His calcium-score was very high, which led to a positive stress test, and a cardiac catheterization, which determined that he had life-threatening coronary artery disease.
The patient had successful coronary artery bypass surgery and is looking forward to going home, after only 4 days of recovery from his operation.

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Dr. Raymond Singer

Dr. Singer has been in practice since 1992 and has, to date, performed over 8,351 surgeries. His practice interests include complex valve, coronary and aneurysm surgery, as well as prevention and treatment of lung cancer.

 

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