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Need help with Results of carotid artery ultrasound
Heart & Blood Health | Last Active: Apr 19 1:35pm | Replies (12)Comment receiving replies
I suppose I should suggest I’d be retested in a year or get the cardiac CT scan. I don’t know. I’m still a little worried about it because 1 to 39 is a big jump so I have no idea if it’s on the high end or the low end and how fast it’s going to build
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1-39 means you have a minimum of 1% and a max of 39%, not a jump from 1 to 39. My carotid ultrasound showed 1-15% on one side and 16-49% on the other. That was 4 years ago. A recent follow-up showed < 50% in both. The tech said that’s the new scoring and when he compared my current images to past there was little change. I have a friend who is a vascular surgeon and he told me most people in my age group (65-70) have some plaque in their arteries, I just happened to find out. Also I could have as little as 1% on one side and 15% on the other. He said it’s a poor way of scoring and hard to determine risk from that. He recommended
I step up my diet and exercise and stop worrying! Good luck to you😊