The final objections were that there were no sufficiently powered studies to prove that early screening actually saved lives and that doctors would not know what to do with the results.  Cardiac calcium scoring measures the presence of the disease itself and is NOT just another risk measure to determine if you MIGHT have heart disease.  Let me repeat this, if you have a non-zero calcium score you almost certainly have some level of heart disease.  What idiot would argue that if you found cancer in your body you would need a "sufficiently powered" study to support the fact that cancer will advance to a life-threatening stage?

Finally, the fact that doctors may not know what to do with the results is an indictment of the doctors and traditional medicine itself rather than an argument against heart scans.  This attitude is perhaps the most frightening of all and another reason we should all engage in informed, self-directed healthcare.

Looking out for your heart health,

HeartHawk