CHICAGO (Reuters) – patients who observe images of

their hearts and see for themselves the accumulation of calcium in

the walls of your arteries do a better treatment with

drugs to combat cholesterol and are more likely to download

weight, reported researchers.

The finding was obtained from two studies submitted in the

annual session of the American College of Cardiology, in

Chicago.

The experts took through hearts images

CT scans with registration of blood calcium

coronary (CAC), a test that uses a scanner to take

detailed pictures of the heart muscle.

Specialists said that those people with

more advanced disease who saw images of his heart were

2.5 times more likely to take their Statins as I had

indicated and more than three times more likely to lose weight,

compared with those who had submitted to the test and could

see little or no evidence of the disease.

“beyond of the diagnostic and predictive value of the

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CT heart scan, is also very beneficial in

terms of motivating people to follow behaviors that

we know that they cause a reduction of mortality and morbidity

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heart”, said Dr. Nove Kalia, one of the

principal investigators from both works.

Take statins and adopt better lifestyles, as one

healthier diet and exercise, can have an enormous impact

on a patient’s heart health.

“the interesting thing is that the greater was the registration of

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calcium from a person more prone era to be obedient”, said

Kalia.

While other studies examined the impact that can be

have seen images of the heart on the conduct, these are the

early work on a large scale that corroborate findings

similar in other investigations.

One of the studies which noted the implementation of the

statin therapy included 2,100 people. And found that

obedience was lower among those who had a record of ACC

of 0, which indicates a low or non-existent level of disease.

Who had the highest registers, were more prone to

compliance with treatment.

Similar trends were found in a study on loss

weight with 518 patients, the researchers said. The

behavior modification was lower among patients with

little evidence of disease, and highest among those who had

high records of ACC, which reinforces the popular saying of “see

for believing”.

“with the increased use of images taking noninvasive, seems

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already have a tool to help motivate to the

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patients to be obedient”, said Kalia, who added that is

they need further studies to confirm the findings and to observe

how a better adherence to therapy improves outcomes.