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I had also read on a reputable website (either clevelandclinic.org, pubmed or harvard health) that some "heart CT" machines can inaccurately report CAC scores when your heartrate is above 65bpm. I've sent an email to the place that did my scan twice now, asking them what type of machine they had and did they monitor my heart rate while taking measurements. Not a peep from them and it's been over two week.

I'm suspect now as my CAC was 2354 but my nuclear stress test results from today were all good. My cardiologist said "Your stress test is normal. " I was VERY relieved by this. Still waiting on my echocardiogram results, but that test was the biggest one since it can detect serious blockage.

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Any scoring, like METS or Duke?