Cardiac Calcium Scoring

Cardinal_Fang
Sat, 07 Apr 2018 21:50:24 +0000

Be careful about getting tests in order to consider prophylactic stenting. There is no evidence this saves lives or prevents heart attacks.

In this case, scientists have looked and looked for such evidence and not found it. At this point, we’re not agnostic on the matter. Prophylactic stenting does not save lives, as far as we know.