Question

The new heart scans offer patients significant benefits. They can be completed in a fraction of the time required for an angiogram, with no recovery time necessary. Furthermore, the scans are more sensitive and can identify problem areas that an angiogram might not perceive. However, heart scans use more radiation than most diagnostic procedures, and can cause undue concern over and treatment for the harmless abnormalities often picked up by such sensitive technology.

Which of the following conclusions is best supported by the statements above?

• A. A heart scan is safer than an angiogram procedure.
• B. Patients should not be concerned about heart abnormalities that appear in a heart scan.
• C. A heart scan could result in indirect harm by causing a patient to undergo risky, unnecessary
  procedures.
• D. An angiogram is the more appropriate of the two procedures for most patients.
• E. The heart scan is a more expensive procedure than the angiogram.

Answer 1

The correct option is C A heart scan could result in indirect harm by causing a patient to undergo risky, unnecessary

procedures.
C is correct because it is basically just repeating what is written in the question stem. It can cause indirect harm, because the patient might undergo unnecessary procedures because of what the heart scan shows.