India, May 25 -- Having a low calcium score is reassuring. However, it does not make a person immune to heart attacks. Taking to Instagram on May 13, Dr Dmitry Yaranov, a US-based cardiologist specialising in heart failure and transplantation, explained why that is and what can be done about it.

To understand why a low calcium score is good, but does not guarantee that a person will not experience a heart attack, it is important to understand what a calcium score actually is and what it signifies.

Calcium score is the reading of a CT (computed tomography) scan that measures calcified plaque inside coronary arteries, shared Dr Yaranov. While it is used as a risk assessment tool, it is not a full plaque evaluation.

Having a calcium score...