Understanding and Preventing Cardiovascular Disease | Prakriti Gaba MD
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The Benefits of a Coronary Artery Calcium Score
I was going to ask you in terms of screening what your thoughts on were with a CAC score, like if you do coronary artery. So that's actually something I do in my practice now more and more routinely. A coronary artery calcium score will let you see in any patient what the amount of calcium is in their body or in their heart or the vessels of the heart. If it's not zero, they should strongly consider being on a statin if they meet the other criteria. But even starting those patients on some of these medications like stands earlier is very, very beneficial for them.
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