Calcium score test provides more personalised CVD risk assessment

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Calcium score test provides more personalised CVD risk assessment

Chris Ellis

Chris Ellis

CT calcium score test
CT calcium score test showing calcium in the left main stem and proximal left coronary artery branches [Image: Supplied]

Consultant cardiologist Chris Ellis discusses how to help patients understand their cardiovascular risk and make more informed decisions about preventive measures

Key points, Conventional cardiovascular disease risk guidelines inadvertently reassure some patients who are actually at high risk of CVD events. The “imaging” , Pract Green w Pale Yellow