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Coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring

CT calcium score · Calcium score · CAC score · Cardiac calcium scan · Coronary calcium scoring · Agatston score

CAC is the best-evidenced item in the longevity imaging category, but the evidence is prognostic rather than interventional. Everlab cites the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (Detrano et al., NEJM 2008), a large prospective cohort showing CAC independently predicts future cardiovascular events. That design is observational, not randomised: it establishes that the score stratifies risk, not that scanning asymptomatic people improves survival or healthspan. There is no live-verified randomised trial evidence retrieved here showing that CAC screening itself reduces mortality, and a zero score does not exclude non-calcified plaque. Note a correction to the discovery brief: the National Heart Foundation of Australia endorsement attributed to Everlab could not be found on either Everlab page retrieved; both the imaging page and the test index omit it, and the imaging page cites MESA instead. Treat the Heart Foundation attribution as unverified pending a direct Heart Foundation source.

At a glance

Evidence
Clinical
Singapore (HSA)
Not an HSA-registered product. CAC scoring is a radiological procedure, not a therapeutic good. HSA's remit, per its own medical devices page, covers "the import, manufacture, export and supply of medical devices in Singapore" — that is, the CT scanner as a device, not the clinical test performed on it. No HSA registration, approval or restriction specific to coronary calcium scoring was found. Clinically it is offered in Singapore as a paid add-on, not a core screening inclusion: NOVI Health lists "CT coronary calcium score^ - $381.50 w/GST" as an add-on outside its three tiered packages.
Australia (TGA)
No TGA position on file
Offered at
2 clinics

Singapore

Health Sciences Authority

HSA status
Not an HSA-registered product. CAC scoring is a radiological procedure, not a therapeutic good. HSA's remit, per its own medical devices page, covers "the import, manufacture, export and supply of medical devices in Singapore" — that is, the CT scanner as a device, not the clinical test performed on it. No HSA registration, approval or restriction specific to coronary calcium scoring was found. Clinically it is offered in Singapore as a paid add-on, not a core screening inclusion: NOVI Health lists "CT coronary calcium score^ - $381.50 w/GST" as an add-on outside its three tiered packages.
In our SG set
Tracked in Singapore
SG clinics
1

Australia

Therapeutic Goods Administration

TGA status
No position on file
In our AU set
Tracked in Australia
AU clinics
1
Evidence is not approvalAn evidence grade describes how strong the science is. A regulatory status describes whether a body has approved the intervention for an indication. They are different questions, answered separately above.

What it is

Plain-language explainer

Coronary artery calcium scoring is a non-invasive cardiac CT scan that quantifies calcified atherosclerotic plaque in the coronary arteries, reported as an Agatston score. Everlab describes it as "a non-invasive heart scan that uses specialised X-rays to measure the amount of calcified plaque in your coronary arteries." It is used to refine cardiovascular risk estimates in people without symptoms, particularly where standard risk calculators place someone in an intermediate band.

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Protocol

Offered by

Where variis has verified this protocol (2)

  • ClinicEverlabMelbourne, Australia
  • ClinicNOVI HealthSingapore, Singapore

Common questions

What is Coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring?
CAC is the best-evidenced item in the longevity imaging category, but the evidence is prognostic rather than interventional. Everlab cites the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (Detrano et al., NEJM 2008), a large prospective cohort showing CAC independently predicts future cardiovascular events. That design is observational, not randomised: it establishes that the score stratifies risk, not that scanning asymptomatic people improves survival or healthspan. There is no live-verified randomised trial evidence retrieved here showing that CAC screening itself reduces mortality, and a zero score does not exclude non-calcified plaque. Note a correction to the discovery brief: the National Heart Foundation of Australia endorsement attributed to Everlab could not be found on either Everlab page retrieved; both the imaging page and the test index omit it, and the imaging page cites MESA instead. Treat the Heart Foundation attribution as unverified pending a direct Heart Foundation source.
How strong is the evidence for Coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring?
Clinical. There is human trial evidence, which is the strongest grade variis applies to a protocol.
Is Coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring approved in Singapore?
Health Sciences Authority position on record: Not an HSA-registered product. CAC scoring is a radiological procedure, not a therapeutic good. HSA's remit, per its own medical devices page, covers "the import, manufacture, export and supply of medical devices in Singapore" — that is, the CT scanner as a device, not the clinical test performed on it. No HSA registration, approval or restriction specific to coronary calcium scoring was found. Clinically it is offered in Singapore as a paid add-on, not a core screening inclusion: NOVI Health lists "CT coronary calcium score^ - $381.50 w/GST" as an add-on outside its three tiered packages.. An evidence grade and a regulatory approval are different questions.
Is Coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring approved in Australia?
variis has no Therapeutic Goods Administration position on file for Coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring. Absence of a recorded position is not approval.
Which clinics offer Coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring?
2 clinics in the variis directory across Singapore and Australia have Coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring on record. Each is listed on this page with its own sourced profile.
What else is Coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring called?
Also known as CT calcium score, Calcium score, CAC score, Cardiac calcium scan, Coronary calcium scoring, Agatston score.

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Sources

What this profile is built on

  1. Health Scan Imaging — CT Calcium Score · Everlab (Australia)
  2. Medical Tests (lists Body Fat % Test and Dexa Scan Test / bone density test) · Everlab (Australia)
  3. NOVI Health assessments and add-on scans · NOVI Health
  4. Medical Devices regulatory overview · Health Sciences Authority, Singapore
  5. DA MedSuites (Doctor Anywhere) preventive screening and diagnostic imaging · Doctor Anywhere

Last updated 14 August 2026

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