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I have a very high calcium score. What next?
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I am researching for my husband, 68yo, quite healthy, with high cholesterol. He has resisted statins, after taking them for a number of years. His cac score was 532. His resistance to statins is based on info like an NIH article "Long-term statin therapy is associated with severe coronary artery calcification" PMCID: PMC10374064
This will be a challenge to navigate.
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"Long-term statin therapy is associated with severe coronary artery calcification"
- https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10374064/
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Did you husband actually read that study?
"In conclusion, long-term duration of time on statin therapy is associated with likelihood of having severe CACS in patients who have sufficient smoking history to qualify for lung cancer screening."