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Cardiac calcium score question: "the accuracy of the calcium score calculation on this exam is decreased by significant motion artifact related to elevated heart rate during scanning." is it possible this has skewed my results?
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It is unusual.: If there was believed to be artifact due to the heart's motion, the physician interpreting the test would indicate that in the official report.
Answered 2/28/2021
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Hi, this is a good question. I’m a radiologist who reads these exams. When the heart rate is high & especially if the CT scanner is “slow” (ie, less than around 64 slice scanner) there can be motion on the images which causes blurring & can limit the quality of the exam & results. However, if the radiologist felt the exam was so limited that results were unreliable, she likely would ask for repeat
Answered 3/7/2021
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