Cardiac Calcium Scoring: Predicting Heart Risks
Did you know that cardiac calcium scoring can help predict heart health? In this podcast, Dr. Abid Fakhri, a cardiologist at UM Baltimore Washington Heart Associates, talks about how it works, what tests are like and when you should get them.
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