Specializes in Nephrology and Dialysis
Some other coronary artery conditions can rarely cause chest pain with low or zero calcium score and CT angiogram may not be helpful except in case of coronary artery dissection. I can say the probability of atherosclerotic coronary vascular disease as the cause of chest pain is very low or almost nil with a calcium score of zero but other causes of angina pectoris can't be ruled out entirely.
Answered 2/25/2023
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Specializes in Internal Medicine
No, a calcium score will not rule heart related conditions that can cause chest pain, will make one mechanism/ ischemia less likely. There are inflammatory heart conditions more likely at your age, such as pericarditis or myocarditis among many others for which a calcium score will be useless in diagnosis.
Answered 2/28/2023
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