BLA 023: Cardiac Imaging...When Should I Get It Done?

Building Lifelong Athletes · Apr 18, 2023 · 25m

In this week's episode we talk about cardiac imaging to help gauge cardiovascular risk. If you have ever heard about a CAC score, and when it might be useful, then you may find this episode particularly useful.

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro

00:41 - Why We Care About Imaging

01:14 - CAC vs CT Angiogram

02:58 - CAC Testing

04:29 - Physiology behind calcium deposits

05:23 - CAC vs risk calculators

07:59 - Cost Effectiveness of CACs

09:30 - The power of CAC=0 1

2:39 - CAC in symptomatic patients

14:21 - CAC recommendations per various guidelines

16:22 - CAC Radiation

17:14 - CAC Scoring

19:44 -…