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Does a chest ct show clogged arteries in heart? any useful heart information?
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Routine chest CT: can show SOME information about the heart, such as the size of the chambers, anatomy of aorta, and calcifications which lead to heart attack. However it does not usually show clogged cardiac vessels unless a special kind of CT is ordered (Coronary CTA). Ultrasound and MRI are better to evaluate for cardiac issues which affect people in their teens and 20s, like you.
Answered 6/3/2016
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It depends what: kind of chest CT. Cardiac CT is designed specifically to look at that. If you are talking about a standard chest CT, visualization of atheroscerotic calcifications in the coronary arteries are an indicator of coronary artery disease, which can prompt further diagnostic work up, but in and of itself does not provide an assessment of the degree of stenosis.
Answered 2/9/2020
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