Australias heart disease institutes are calling for updated screening guidelines for cardiovascular disease as current guidelines miss at-risk patients.
Top cardiologist support using CT scan calcium scores to detect heart disease in asymptomatic patients.
Australia’s coronary calcium scoring threshold is lower than other countries and the test is not medicare covered, the cardiac society of Australia and New Zealand want prevention guidelines revised to avoid missing at-risk people.
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