CT Calcium Score
A quick, low-dose heart scan that turns hidden plaque into a clear cardiovascular risk score.
Heart Health
Heart disease rarely announces itself in advance. A CT Calcium Score is one of the simplest ways to look for an early signal, a short, low-dose heart scan that measures the calcified plaque already present in your coronary arteries and turns it into a single, well-understood number.
What It Is
Calcified plaque builds up in artery walls quietly over years, and you cannot feel it happening. A calcium score measures it directly, giving your clinician an objective marker to weigh alongside your bloods, blood pressure and family history. Because the result is a single figure on a well-established scale, it is easy to understand and easy to track, which makes it a genuinely useful part of assessing your cardiovascular risk.
What It Measures
The scan produces a coronary calcium score, reflecting the amount of calcified plaque detected in your coronary arteries. It is read alongside your other markers rather than in isolation, contributing to a fuller picture of your heart health.
What To Expect
The scan takes place at a partner imaging centre and is quick, usually only a few minutes on the scanner. It uses a low dose of radiation, which the team is transparent about, and it needs no contrast dye and no fasting. You lie still while the scanner captures images of your heart, with small electrodes recording your heartbeat to time them. There is no recovery time and you can drive yourself home.
Your Results
Your score appears in the Precursor app, and a clinician helps you understand it in the context of your other results, including what it does and does not tell you. If a score warrants further discussion, your clinician guides you calmly on sensible next steps. The point is not alarm but early clarity, so you can act while you have the most time to.
Book a CT Calcium Score to put an objective number on your heart health.
