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Calcium heart scans sharpen risk estimates mainly for borderline-risk adults

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Calcium heart scans sharpen risk estimates mainly for borderline-risk adults
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It's an increasingly popular scan that measures calcium in the heart's arteries and helps predict the risk of future heart disease. But according to a new Northwestern Medicine study, the quick and inexpensive test—known as a coronary artery calcium scan—may be most valuable only for a specific group of patients.

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