Paul Saladino· MD
the calcium scan is crucial because mainly to find the people who have big disease so we can intervene
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
the calcium scan is crucial because mainly to find the people who have big disease so we can intervene
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Bookmarking — the dossier-vs-overview split is the right call. Most of the time I want overview; sometimes I want receipts.
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but the real thing we're trying to get it out there for is to flag to the unsuspecting tophi or 10 outside fat inside right person middle aged middle risk they're not sure to let them know if they've got big disease so they can take action before they drop dead of a heart attack and leave their family behind so that's the real power of the calcium score