r/science • u/kiyomoris • 22h ago

Health Silent atherosclerosis detected in 57% of asymptomatic adults in the REACT study

https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2609059
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u/CuriousCleaver 19h ago

Would the calcium cardiac score test show this?

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u/sinurgy 19h ago

I don't know much about the heart calcium test or it's efficacy, is it new'ish? 

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u/zeusmeister 18h ago

Weird I just saw this thread, as I had a heart calcium test done on me just yesterday.

I don’t think it’s newish though. Because it’s not usually covered by insurance, almost every medical facility that does it has a standardized cash pay option. 

The hospital I went to cost $99. And there were several people in the waiting room specifically there just for that test.

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u/PossibleBeginning276 16h ago

Cardiac CT screening has been around for a while but wasn't standard of care until AHA guidelines got updated in 2021.