Heart

Most people only find out that they have coronary artery heart disease when they have an annual check-up or if they have a heart attack. Usually they feel no symptoms or prior warning because the symptoms and signs of coronary artery heart disease are often only noted in the advanced stage of the disease or with a sudden failure of the heart muscle (heart attack). Please consider yourself as being lucky if you get early detection.

The 64-Slice CT. This is one of the ways of seeing what the condition of your coronary arteries.

Several years ago, I read an article about CAT scans and a rather none evasive way to check your heart. So, I jumped in my car and drove to this medical center about 10 minutes from my home in Las Vegas, paid $500, and had this “Calcium Heart Scan “done. The whole procedure took about 20 minutes.