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Hiyas: Been awhile since I posted and thought I'd share the info I received in January. To recap: I had a EBT CT scan of my heart at Swedish Hospital in Sept '09. I do this every few years just to watch for heart disease and because they do walk-ins for $200. Good news: no plaque to speak of...

Hi all: In reference to this thread about an article on relative aortic size compared to risk of rupture: the article cited this study done by Yale in 2005. I was curious as to whether the "4% annual risk" for the low-risk group was cumulative or not. I emailed one of the authors of the study...

Greetings to all. What a great forum! I've been a paramedic for 20 years, and am about to finish my RN as well. I have a long term goal of being a nurse practitioner. I'd like to live long enough to reach that goal. Last month I stopped by Swedish hospital in Seattle to get a Calcium Score...