Brooke Wagner recently went to Health Scan of La Jolla to try out a revolutionary new way to measure heart damage without surgery.
Electrodes take pictures of the heart in between every beat.
No x-rays, just a sweeping electron beam. Very small, thin images of slices of the entire torso are taken. The result is the ability to see your organs in a three-dimensional capacity. Helpful links for more information. Generally men, over the age of 35 and women over the age of 40 are at an increased risk of develpoing CAD, and therefore canidates for an EBCT scan.