HEALTH: Heart scans worth the risk?

From: Michael M. Butler (mmb@xocolatl.com)
Date: Thu Apr 03 2003 - 10:05:17 MST

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    Quite some time ago I asked the list for info about a la carte diagnostic
    imaging technologies. The below Reuters article is regarding one of these.

    Evidently they're really good at finding calcium. If one is in an age-and-
    condition risk group for atherosclerosis, etc., *one* might be worth the
    cost and rad dose.

    Now what I want is a side-by-side comparison of the this tech vs. present-
    day MRI (which of course is nonionizing, but I expect lower rez, due to
    things like motion blur).

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    http://asia.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=IEKUL5H4Q5ZG4CRBAELCFEY
    ?type=scienceNews&storyID=2497852
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