Excuses
- I feel fine
and I don’t have any symptoms
like chest pain.
Studies
have shown that 50% of
people who get a heart
attack had no prior symptoms
and a third will not survive
their first encounter with a
heart attack!
- My doctor
said I don’t need the test
because he/she can tell my risk
level.
Wrong!
Your doctor only has a very
general idea of your risk by
using conventional risk
factor assessment. Studies
have proven that decisions
about lifelong cholesterol
lowering therapy will be
wrong about 40% of the time
without a heartscan. Would
your doctor discourage a
middle aged female from
getting a mammogram?
- My insurance
company will not pay for the
test.
Most
people do not stay with
their current company for
more than a few years.
Therefore, many insurance
companies are not enthused
about preventive measures
aimed at lowering risks for
heart attacks that may occur
10 years from now.
Sometimes, making a personal
investment in your own
health is necessary,
just as one usually pays for
regular car maintenance to
prevent future problems.
- I heard the
heartscan does not detect
whether I have major blockage.
Correct,
we are interested in finding
out whether the process of
plaque formation has
occurred years or decades
before a blockage. Two
thirds of heart attacks
occur when there is no
significant blockage.. no
stress test can find that
out!
- My doctor
said “no one knows what to do
with results” or “they only
measure calcified plaque” or the
“test is not accurate or
specific”, etc, etc
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