If you are searching for Cleerly heart scan locations, you already understand that calcium scores provide incomplete information. Cleerly quantifies what standard scoring misses.
Last updated: January 25, 2026
Standard cardiac CT imaging produces a coronary artery calcium (CAC) score. This metric quantifies calcified plaque, the stable, hardened deposits that develop over time. A higher score correlates with increased cardiovascular risk. A score of zero is often interpreted as reassuring.
The limitation is that calcified plaque is stable plaque. The dangerous variety, soft plaque, is not calcified. It is lipid-rich, unstable, and prone to rupture. Most heart attacks result from rupture of soft plaque rather than erosion of calcified deposits. A patient with a zero calcium score may harbor significant soft plaque that the standard scoring method cannot detect.
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Take the Free Calculator →Cleerly uses artificial intelligence to analyze coronary CT angiography (CCTA) images in detail. The platform quantifies total plaque burden, differentiates between plaque types (calcified, fibrous, lipid-rich), and measures stenosis percentage with precision that visual interpretation cannot match.
Cleerly is an analysis platform rather than an imaging provider. The process requires obtaining a CCTA scan from a compatible imaging center, then having those images analyzed through Cleerly's AI platform.
Cleerly maintains a directory of compatible imaging centers at cleerlyhealth.com/find-cleerly-near-you. A physician order is required for both the scan and the Cleerly analysis.
Cleerly produces detailed reports. A patient receives precise quantification of plaque burden by type and location. The data is comprehensive. The question that follows is less straightforward: what should be done about these findings?
Most cardiologists have limited experience interpreting Cleerly reports. The platform is relatively new, and the detailed plaque characterization it provides exceeds what traditional training emphasized. A patient may receive a report showing significant soft plaque burden and find that their local cardiologist recommends the same interventions they would have recommended based on conventional risk factors alone: statins, blood pressure management, lifestyle modification.
The detailed data deserves an equally detailed response. Knowing that soft plaque exists is valuable. Knowing how to stabilize or reverse it requires expertise beyond standard cardiovascular care.
GRN Labs provides educational resources and data-driven audits that help individuals understand their Cleerly results in greater depth. Our review addresses questions that standard reports leave open: What factors may be contributing to plaque formation at the endothelial level? Is the glycocalyx intact? What biomarkers indicate whether nitric oxide production is compromised?
The GRN protocol tracks progress through biomarkers and, when appropriate, repeat imaging. The goal is measurable improvement over a defined timeframe rather than indefinite management of static risk.
The Cleerly heart test is an AI-powered analysis of a coronary CT angiography (CCTA) scan. It quantifies total plaque burden, differentiates between soft and calcified plaque types, and measures stenosis with precision that visual interpretation cannot match. The Cleerly heart test is ordered by a physician and performed at a compatible imaging center, with AI analysis applied afterward.
A standard calcium score only detects calcified (hard) plaque. The Cleerly heart scan identifies both calcified and soft (non-calcified) plaque. Soft plaque is lipid-rich and more prone to rupture, causing most heart attacks in people with low or zero calcium scores. The Cleerly heart scan provides a complete picture of plaque burden that no standard calcium score can deliver.
Cleerly heart test reviews consistently highlight two things: the precision of the plaque quantification and the gap between receiving results and knowing what to do with them. The scan identifies what is present but does not provide a protocol for addressing root-cause endothelial dysfunction. Most people who review the Cleerly heart test note they needed additional guidance to act on the data.
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