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HDI conveniently offers Cardiac Calcium Scoring right here in Elko, so you no longer need to leave town to get this important screening for coronary artery disease (CAD). A cardiac CT scan for coronary calcium is a non-invasive way of obtaining information about the presence, location, and extent of calcified plaque in the coronary arteriesthe vessels that supply oxygen-containing blood to the heart muscle. Because calcium is a marker of CAD, the amount of calcium detected on a cardiac CT scan is a helpful prognostic tool.