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If my calcium score was 1, should i go ahead with a ct scan? still having chest pressure :/

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No: May get a treadmill test. to know the true value, i do not know any colleague MD, taking CT scan for CA score.

Answered 10/2/2014

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Chest pressure: please start with a basic evaluation by history and physical and appropriate judicious testing including ECG by a competent physician before jumping in with advanced and possibly in appropriate imaging testing using ionizing radiation

Answered 9/29/2016

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