Early Detection of Heart
Disease at BRMI
The perfect gift this Valentine’s
Day is the gift of heart
health. Along with Valentine’s
Day, February marks American
Heart Month, a great time
to get a heart checkup and
commit to a healthy lifestyle
that will lead to a lifetime of
heart health. One of every four
deaths are caused by heart disease,
making heart disease
the leading cause of death for
men and women in the United
States and worldwide. The aim
of American Heart Month is to
reduce the risk of heart disease
through early detection and
healthy lifestyle. With early
detection, heart disease can be
managed and treated before it
results in heart attack or death.
Detecting a ticking time bomb
before it’s too late leads to a longer
healthier life.
Doctors are now able to view
the heart and its arteries with a
CT scan. A CT scan of the heart,
also known as a cardiac CT or
coronary CT angiogram, has
been shown to be a very reliable
way to noninvasively check for
blockages and areas of narrowing
in the heart’s arteries (coronary
artery disease). This simple
test determines a patient’s
future risk of adverse cardiovascular
events, and identifies
specific areas of disease within
the coronary arteries. In the
past, this information could
only be reliably obtained from
an invasive test known as a cardiac
catheterization which involves
inserting a catheter into
the arteries themselves.
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Bay Ridge Medical Imaging
(BRMI) is proud to offer
the next generation of cardiac
CT, providing even greater degrees
of resolution, clarity, and
definition. The new Revolution
EVO delivers twice the spatial
resolution of other CT scanners
to show details as small as 0.28
mm, and provides a 135% improvement
in detectability to
potentially improve treatment
paths. This pioneering system
reduces radiation dose to the
patient by 83%, while still acquiring
the high-quality images
needed for accurate diagnosis.
With this revolutionary
technology, BRMI provides the
high-resolution, low-dose images
and answers that increase
confidence in detection of heart
disease.
For your convenience we are
open 7 days a week, 7am-11pm.
www.brmi.org.
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