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Coronary Calcium Score in Orange County

A quick heart scan that counts hardened plaque, and 3 clinics in Orange County that list it.

Time: Under 20 minutes The scan itself is quick
What you do: Lie still in a CT scanner No injection
You get: A calcium score From zero upward

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A coronary calcium score comes from a quick CT scan of your heart, with no injection. It counts the calcium in the walls of your heart arteries, which is a sign of plaque that has hardened, and turns it into a single number.

It is an established test for sharpening heart risk in adults whose risk is unclear from cholesterol and blood pressure alone, and the result can help you and a physician decide about treatment. It uses a low dose of radiation and sees only hardened plaque, not the softer kind.

Heart health in Orange County, by the numbers

The rate of high blood pressure in Orange County is lower than the national rate. In Orange County, 29.1% of adults have high blood pressure, compared with 34.4% nationally. That adds up to roughly 720,000 adults in Orange County.

29.1%of adults in Orange County have high blood pressureUS: 34.4%

720,000adults in Orange County have high blood pressureEstimated from CDC county figures

3Orange County clinics list coronary calcium scoringSee them below

Orange County vs the US

Share of each group named, 2023

CDC estimates. PLACES figures are modelled from a national health survey, not counted from medical records, so read them as estimates.

High blood pressureOrange County

29.1%

United States

34.4%

High cholesterol (of those checked)Orange County

36.6%

United States

36.4%

Coronary heart diseaseOrange County

5.5%

United States

6.3%

↓ Data

Source: CDC PLACES, 2023 county estimates. Orange County = Orange County, weighted by adult population.

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Blood pressure and cholesterol are part of an ordinary checkup, so your regular doctor is the place to start. The tests above add detail once you know those basics.

Showing 3 clinics that list coronary calcium scoring in Orange County

Heart calcium and low-dose lung CT screening center on Calle De La Magdalena in Laguna Hills, booked through Ezra.

Ezra - Saddleback

Calle De La Magdalena, Laguna Hills (Saddleback Valley)

Heart & circulationCancer risk & screening

Ezra's Saddleback centre is in a professional medical complex in the Saddleback Valley, just off Interstate 5 near the I-405 interchange and near Saddleback Medical Center. It sells a Heart CT Scan with a coronary artery calcium score and a three-minute low-dose Lung CT Scan, with weekday hours. Scanning happens at Wave Imaging, and results come back as an Ezra Report within 7-10 days.

Tests & services

Coronary calcium score Low-dose lung CT

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Heart calcium and low-dose lung CT screening center on West Coast Highway in Newport Beach, booked through Ezra.

Ezra - Newport Beach (West Coast Hwy)

West Coast Highway, Mariners' Mile, Newport Beach

Heart & circulationCancer risk & screening

Ezra's West Coast Highway centre is in Newport Beach's Mariners' Mile district, minutes from Balboa Peninsula, Fashion Island and John Wayne Airport, with a parking lot in front. It sells a Heart CT Scan with a coronary artery calcium score and a three-minute low-dose Lung CT Scan, with weekday hours. Scanning happens at Wave Imaging, and results come back as an Ezra Report within 7-10 days.

Tests & services

Coronary calcium score Low-dose lung CT

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Health optimization center at Fashion Island, Newport Beach, with wellness technology, plasma exchange, IV therapy and an executive physical.

Next Health, Newport Beach

Fashion Island, Newport Center

Advanced diagnostics & emerging careWhole-body baselineCancer risk & screening

Next Health's Newport Beach center is on the lower level of Fashion Island, between Nordstrom and Barry's, and is open seven days. Its menu pairs cryotherapy, hyperbaric oxygen, infrared, EBOO ozone and plasma exchange with IV and NAD+ therapy. The Executive Physical lists a 500+ biomarker panel, full-body MRI and chest CT, calcium scoring and GRAIL testing. Hormone and weight optimization run through Medicine 4.0.

Tests & services

Biological age testing Comprehensive biomarker panel Coronary calcium score Bioimpedance body composition +16 more

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Coronary Calcium Score: common questions

Which clinics in Orange County list coronary calcium scoring?

3 in our Orange County guide: Ezra - Saddleback, Ezra - Newport Beach (West Coast Hwy) and Next Health, Newport Beach.

How do I prepare?

Many centers ask you to skip food, drinks and caffeine for a few hours beforehand. Follow the instructions you are given.

What does a score of zero mean?

That the scan found no hardened plaque. It does not see softer plaque, so it is one input to your heart risk rather than the whole picture.

Calcium score or CT angiogram?

A calcium score is quicker, uses no injection and sees hardened plaque. A CT angiogram uses contrast dye and also shows softer plaque. They answer different questions.

Sources: ACR and RSNA, RadiologyInfo: Cardiac CT for Calcium Scoring; ACC/AHA Guideline on the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, 2019; ACR and RSNA, RadiologyInfo: Coronary CT Angiography