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what does high density in the heart mean?

I went and had a MRI done the other day and the nurse said my results where an inflammed disc in the back( which that was the reason I got the MRI), and also she said that I had high density in right side of heart, so I'm having a CT done tommorrow, so does anybody know what high density in the heart means? Thanks
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The images from MRI will show the differences in densities in the body. High density structures absorbs more x-rays and shows up "light" on the images.The differences in shading between the densities allows x-rays to outline organs, show abnormalities and find disease locations.

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