Who Should get Cardiac CT Scan ?

Who Should get Cardiac CT Scan ?
Some factors for getting Cardiac CT Scan:
You are male and more than 45 years old
You are female and over 55 years old, OR you have passed menopause or had your ovaries removed and are not taking estrogen
Your father or brother had a heart attack before age 55, or your mother or sister had one before age 65
You smoke or live/work with someone who smokes daily
You have a cholesterol level of 240 mg/dl or higher
You have high blood pressure
You don’t exercise regularly
You are overweight
You have diabetes or use medicine to control your blood sugar
You have heart-related symptoms like chest pain or shortness of breath
You have gone to an emergency room because of sudden symptoms. You might benefit from a high-speed CT scan to see if they’re having a heart attack, stroke or rupture of a major blood vessel
You have ECG abnormalities on a routine health check-up
Anyone who cannot take "Tread-Mill test" because of knee-pain or some other reason.
Prior to Non-Coronary Heart Surgery in adults like Valular repair, ASD repair & Cardiac Tumor surgery.
Patients who may be able to avoid undergoing a convetional in-hospital invasive Coronary Angiogram & may benefit on Non-Ivasive CT Coronary Angiogram include:
Patients with chest discomfort and an equivocal treadmill test result.
Patients with a suspicion of false-positive stress test
Patients with previous Angioplasty for Bye-Pass graft who experience new symptoms.
Patients with suspected congenital anomalies or cardiomyopathy.
Patients with anomalous Coronary arteries.