Heart Scans

Heart disease can be genetic, but it can also happen as a result of lifestyle. You can also maintain your heart’s health by having a heart scans to detect the advent of heart disease years before symptoms may occur. heart scans are generally recommended for men between the ages of 40 and 70, and for women between the ages of 50 and 70. A heart scan detects and “scores” the amount of calcium present in your arteries. Calcium may indicate a blockage which can lead to a heart attack. Highly accurate, noninvasive and painless, a heart scan uses an ultrafast Computed Tomography (CT) scanner.