Do women need Coronary Artery Scans?
Post-menopausal women are at higher risk of coronary artery disease than pre- menopausal women, but any woman fulfilling the age and risk factor criteria can be scanned. Due to the decreased production of estrogen, the predominant female hormone that helps raise HDL (good cholesterol) levels, women are not as protected from developing coronary artery disease after menopause.
