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1: A CT Scan From The Patient’s Point Of View
Medical News Today discusses what a CT heart scan is like for the patient to help
those going in for this procedures understand what to expect. Most places will provide the patient with a gown, and the patient will need to undress, usually down to their underwear, and put the gown on. If the place does not provide a gown the patient should wear loose-fitting clothes. Any woman who suspects she may be pregnant should tell her doctor beforehand.
2: CT Heart Scans Cut X-ray Dose To Patients, Study Says
Heart scans that detect blocked arteries can be performed with half the amount of radiation exposure to patients to make them safer, according to Bloomberg news.
The Michigan study measured the radiation dose from heart CT scans of 4,862 patients in 15 hospitals from July 2007 to April 2008. A quality control program lowered the median radiation dose -- expressed in units known as millisieverts --to 10 from 21, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The full body scans produced good quality diagnostic images, the study authors said.
3: Heart Disease: Know Your Symptoms
For a year, Sandra Stephens thought it was acid reflux that was making her miserable. Last month she learned it was actually heart disease, a recent My Fox Houston article reports. A CT heart scan performed by cardiology specialists showed one of Stephens' coronary arteries was 90-percent blocked.
4: Tips for Keeping Your Heart Healthy
Heart disease is a leading cause of death in the United States, by following a few tips for healthy lifestyle you can reduce your chances of heart disease.
5: Are CT Heart Scans the Best Way to Detect Clogged Arteries?
There is much debate in the medical field whether a CT heart scan is indeed the best way to detect coronary blockages. Some researches say that it is typically the least complicated way, although its accuracy cannot yet replace the gold standard for finding clogged arteries, which is the angiogram.
6: The Heart-Brain Connection
HeartMath LLC is a research institution specializing in the heart and brain relationship. Howard Martin is the Executive Vice President of the company. He's also the co-author of The HeartMath Solution, and he developed the Nightingale-Conant tape series, The HeartMath Method.
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those going in for this procedures understand what to expect. Most places will provide the patient with a gown, and the patient will need to undress, usually down to their underwear, and put the gown on. If the place does not provide a gown the patient should wear loose-fitting clothes. Any woman who suspects she may be pregnant should tell her doctor beforehand.
The Michigan study measured the radiation dose from heart CT scans of 4,862 patients in 15 hospitals from July 2007 to April 2008. A quality control program lowered the median radiation dose -- expressed in units known as millisieverts --to 10 from 21, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The full body scans produced good quality diagnostic images, the study authors said.