Can I get an MRI for a cardiac calcium score rather than a CT?

Can I get an MRI for a cardiac calcium score rather than a CT?
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Check with your cardiologist to be sure. I listen to the medical channel on SirisuXM (#110) – they had a session on this about a month ago. I don’t recall all the details, but I do remember that they said that the cardiac calcium score was not a particularly trustworthy indicator of anything. It’s more of a general guidepost than anything that is actionable. You have probably seen this
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