Cardiac Calcium Scoring: Predicting Heart Risks

Did you know that cardiac calcium scoring can help predict heart health? In this podcast, Dr. Abid Fakhri, a cardiologist at UM Baltimore Washington Heart Associates, talks about how it works, what tests are like and when you should get them.

Featured Speaker: Abid Fakhri, MD
Abid Fakhri, MD, is a non-invasive cardiologist and medical director of the Echo lab at UM Baltimore Washington Medical Center in Glen Burnie, MD. He specializes in non-invasive cardiac imaging, including echocardiography, nuclear imaging, and cardiac CT. He graduated from Drexel University College of Medicine, completed his internal medicine residency at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and did his cardiology fellowship at Allegheny General Hospital.

For more information about Dr. Fakhri, visit www.umms.org/find-a-doctor/profiles/dr-abid-ali-fa….

For more information about UM Baltimore Washington Heart Associates, visit umbwmc.org/heart.

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