Why Early Detection?

Why is early detection of heart disease by EBT so important? Get the facts about heart disease:

• Our number one medical problem:
  Coronary heart disease or atherosclerosis is the leading cause of death among American adults
  
• High Risk Health?
  Individuals at high risk often seem healthy: Millions of Americans will get a sudden or fatal heart attack with:
  • Average or "unremarkable" cholesterol levels, or with..
  • Normal Stress or exercise treadmill tests, or with...
  • Few, if any, major risk factors
    
• Early Warning
  EBT heart scans provide an early warning system. For 150,000 Americans yearly, the first and only sign of heart disease is a fatal heart attack
  
• Early Detection
  Early detection leads to better outcomes: The earlier atherosclerosis is detected, the greater chance it can be slowed, stopped or possibly even reversed