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Has anyone seen a reduction in their CAC score from taking vitamin K2?

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I started taking K2 to keep my Aortic Valve Stenosis from getting worse. I just was diagnosed recently so will not have any benchmark since I am going to get a TAVR in January at Mayo in Rochester. This Cleveland Clinic article sums it up nicely. The published studies don't show significant lessening of buildup but as long as it worked for some of the people, I am hopeful. https://health.clevelandclinic.org/vitamin-k2
https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.121.057008
https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.123.066271

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mayoconnectuser1 | @mayoconnectuser1 | 21 hours ago

In the second citation, the conclusion seems to indicate K2 does nothing for either reducing aortic valve calcium already in place, or slowing the increase - unless I read it incorrectly?
"Conclusions:
In elderly men with an AVC score >300 AU, 2 years MK-7 plus vitamin D supplementation did not influence AVC progression."

In the third citation, there is an interesting tidbit, but not conclusive -
"Against the notion that the treatment dose and duration may have been too low in the AVADEC trial is the fact that we observed an interesting secondary finding. Progression in the coronary artery calcification score seemed to be decreased in the intervention group, especially among participants with coronary artery calcification scores ≥400."

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