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Should You Take A Statin To Lower Your Cholesterol?

Dr. Paddy Barrett

The amount of plaque in your coronary arteries can be estimated by looking directly at your coronary arteries with a cardiac CT and calculating your CAC score. This also means that if you have a CAC score of 0, you have no calcified plaque in your coronary arteries. 2 JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging May 2015, 8 (5) 579-596;