Heart Screening Test: CT Calcium Score

Name: Heart Screening Test: CT Calcium Score
Uploaded: 2024-12-25T13:00:21+00:00
Duration: 33 s
Channel: Dr. Charles Mok
Description: Dr. Charles Mok explains CT calcium scoring, a $100 heart screening scan that detects calcium buildup in arteries. The test works best for low-risk…

25 Dec 2024 · 1 min

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Dr. Charles Mok explains CT calcium scoring, a $100 heart screening scan that detects calcium buildup in arteries. The test works best for low-risk patients but has limits: it doesn't help with higher-risk groups or track disease over time.

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Just seconds.

Usually around $100.

Not covered by insurance in most cases.

People who are higher risk, older patients, or those more likely to have abnormal CT.

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Now, the three tests I'm going to talk about are pretty readily available. They're not covered by insurance in most cases, and they're reasonably cost. So the lowest cost one and the most available one is a CT calcium score. That's a CAT scan calcium score. The study takes just seconds and you go into a CT machine, usually costs around $100, and it tells you to have calcium deposits in your arteries. That's very good screening test. I don't think it's useful for people that are higher risk. It's not useful to track disease, and we'll talk about that. And it's not useful for people that are older or more likely to have abnormal ct.