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Living with high calcium score

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@lp77

Thank you for that .

Many have said why wouldn’t they do an angiogram . It’s a diagnostic peace of mind

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usaproud | @usaproud | May 21 8:55am

Angiogram has risk including blood clot.
Following is a response I found here from a cardiologist.
“ I am a cardiologist and got my calcium score just casually as I was giving a seminar on it to local drs some four years ago. It came 746! No symptoms, no risk factors, marathoner. Got stress nuclear tested. Just on statins/ aspirin. As an interventional cardiologist myself, I see most patients of heart attack have soft non calcified lesions. Moreover statins tend to increase the calcium score. So you know that it’s not as simple!
I don’t think it needs to be ever repeated. Just avoid over thinking and over treatment. “

I hope this will give a piece of mind.

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