An interesting piece here on coronary artery scans, which are a much more accurate way of predicting heart disease risk.
medscape.com/viewarticle/85...
Apparently 50% of those currently classified as high risk are actually clear on a coronary artery scan.
Would it be possible for you to log in and the provide to the specific article?
Thanks.
I followed the link signed up as a consumer and was taken directly to the specific article
There are advantages and disadvantages in signing to consumer sites with your details!
it depends if you give them details they can use, they don't verify the email address!
Hi bala, no idea why that happened as I can view the article, but here's a piece on the same study in the New York Times
In the N Y Times article a doctor writes that there is no need for a heart scan for someone who has no objections to taking statins. I was on 20 mg Simvastatin with cholesterol of 4.9. I had a heart scan and came out as high risk! Also cost of 100 dollars was a better deal than my £300.
Calcium Score test
IMT Scanning
Man with hardened arteries some 5,300 years ago.
