I have several cardiac things going on so I might as well post here. I am 71 yo male and have been a life long serious athlete, runner, swimmer, and the last couple decades cyclist. I had creeping LDL cholesterol due to family history that I somewhat arrogantly believed was not an issue due to my constant exercising. Silly me. It finally got high enough that the doc recommended a statin which I agreed I needed. A few years after starting that we did a calcium scan that came back 1000! So now I am on Crestor and Zetia trying to keep LDL as low as possible. But it all leaves me wondering if I should push to get an angiogram to see exactly how bad my CAD is.

As a side finding an echocardiogram found that I have an aortic root enlargement, I believe 4.0 or 4.1. Doc was initially concerned about my BP but my systolic is consistently 120-133 or so, so that seems OK and he did not prescribe any BP meds. As another side finding, I have a first grade AV block, cause unknown. The doc did a stress test with isotope contrast and said there was "some scarring" visible, possibly from an extended case of Lyme disease I had back in the early 2000s. But who knows.

Meanwhile I continue to do everything same as always with no restrictions... ride my bikes indoors and outdoors, some light weight lifting, pushups, etc., but I am not sure how long that will last. I am due for a follow up echo in a couple of weeks to check the status of my aorta again.