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CT Cardiac Calcium Scan
1. Toshiba Aquilion 64 CT Cardiac Calcium Scan
2. How Coronary Artery Disease Develops
3. The Value of Detecting Calcium
4. The Imaging Center's Toshiba Aquilion 64-multislice CT Scanner
5. The Cardiac Calcium Scores
6. Who Should Have the Exam?
7. Who Will Not Benefit From the Exam?
8. Making an Appointment
9. Return to Main CT Page

3. The Value of Detecting Calcium

CT cardiac calcium scoring uses The Imaging Center's high tech 64-slice multiscanner to see and quantify the amount of calcium in heart vessels. These vessels supply oxygen, containing blood to the heart wall. Plaque is a build-up of fat and other substances, which with time can narrow the arteries or even close off blood flow to your heart. This can result in a potential heart attack. This total score is a good indication of both the amount of “hard,” calcified plaque and also indirectly the amount of “soft,” non-calcified plaque.

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