CAC Coronary Artery Calcium Scan: New Heart Disease Test Causes Cancer.

Major Organizations Warn Public Against It...

42 Of Every 100K Patients Develop Cancer From Ionizing Radiation.

Radiation Dosage Varies 10X From One Hospital To Another, Causing 5,600 New Cases Of Cancer.

The American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology & the United States Preventive Services Task Force do not recommend the use of heart CT scans for patients with a low or high risk of heart disease because CT scans could be more harmful than beneficial due to the relatively high dose of radiation.

"Tens of millions of adults would be exposed to relatively high levels of radiation through this procedure. Doctors still have not established a standard dose of radiation to be used for heart CT scans & doses for this test vary from one hospital to another, with some patients getting 10X the amount of radiation as patients in another hospital."

A 2009 study showed that one heart CT scan for the 50 million Americans who would receive the average radiation dose, these scans would result in 5,600 new cancer cases. The number of new cancer cases would be even higher if individuals were screened more than once in their lifetime.

Radiation from CT scans is even of concern to the FDA even when the CT scans are necessary. On October 9, 2009, the FDA announced that it was notifying healthcare professionals that 206 patients who were being tested for stroke received CT radiation doses that were 8X the expected level at one particular medical facility.

While this event involved a single kind of diagnostic test at one facility, the FDA warned that “it reflects more widespread problems with CT quality assurance programs.”

Each year, over 600,000 Americans die from heart disease even though heart disease can be prevented. Although heart CT scanning may be a useful tool in detecting blockages in heart arteries, there is not enough evidence to show that this test is worth the risks, especially compared to traditional risk factor assessment.

For this reason, the Cancer Prevention & Treatment Fund of the National Research Center for Women & Families agrees with the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force that heart CT scans are not recommended for screening for heart disease.

👇CAC Screening Radiation 10X Cancer Risk👇
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/773532
👇Ionizing Radiation Risk From CAC Test👇
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19597067/
👇Cancer Risk From CT Scan Radiation👇
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20008689/
Video: Dr David Alfrey