Efforts by the Society for Heart Attack Prevention and Eradication (SHAPE) have lead to the passage of landmark legislation that requires insurers to pay for either a noncontrast CT (calcium scoring) or ultrasound to evaluate carotid intima-media thickness ratio.
Hopefully, this state legislation will be adopted nationally to the end of diminishing the number of deaths due to cardiovascular disease-the number one killer of Americans through heart attack and stroke
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