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Calcium Scans Help Predict Coronary Risk

March 27, 2008 | 
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WEDNESDAY, March 26 (HealthDay News) -- Scanning the heart arteries for calcium deposits can help predict future cardiac problems, a new study shows, but experts aren’t sure that adding such scans to routine checkups would be worth the cost.

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