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I have a very high calcium score. What next?
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Wow! I’m trying to figure out how that happens, except I will say I recall my Dad, who had no risk factors, had a heart attack and immediate quadruple bypass at age 63. Eventually 4 stents, statins, cardioversion, and a long, active life despite all of that.
Have your cholesterol labs been good?
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The damage to my arteries started in childhood. My familial history really
sucked for vascular atherosclerosis. But statins were not around when I
was a teenager and no one suggested stress re
duction etc. I joined a gym at 44 and rigorously pursued
fitness....statins at 50, low athletic BP and heart rate etc. But my
chances of making it to 80 are slim without major vascular complications.
I am 75 now and asymptomatic, so I thank the Lord for every day I can
breathe clear. I know so many folks my age who are already slipping in and
out of Congestive heart failure.
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Have been testing lipids since about age 40....with initial total around 220....
HDL around 40. Statins reduced LDL to around 100. So no one asked about my cruddy relatives' deaths when I was younger when atherosclerosis was building inside my arteries.