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...This is the only technology available that will really define the presence or absence of calcified or non-calcified plaque," says Dr. Norman Lepor, a professor at UCLA's Geffen School of Medicine, referring to the tell-tale build-up on artery walls that signifies heart disease. Lepor says that CTCA gives off no more radiation than the routinely used diagnostic nuclear stress test, which also detects plaque deposits, but only those that are big enough to block 70% of the artery. "The risk-benefit assessment is in favor of cardiac CT to be used in a judicious fashion," says...
...Lepor agrees. Though such technology is still in its early phases, he says, "Perhaps in five or seven years, we may have technologies using magnetic resonance that may allow us to see plaque without [radiation] exposure...
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