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@dobe12
I have the same questions - I have a CAC score of about 4400. I'm a 63 y.o. female (so that's unusual for women). I've had every test dobe12 listed above plus a PET scan, all of which show uniform major calcification of all arteries related to the heart (so I'm guessing I'm calcified everywhere). I don't think I have any symptoms. I walk 2 miles a day and have no trouble doing a workout class at the YMCA. Yeah, I can't really sprint any more, but doing the things above aren't giving me any symptoms. I'm getting a cardiac cath next week, which should tell me more, but I'm wondering what they can really do, if they can't stent due to too much calcium buildup everywhere. Some sources make it sound like I will die within 2 years. But it sounds like some of you have had this longer than that without something happening? I could use some encouragement 🙂 I'm on rosuvastatin and down to LDL around 60 for the last year, but it never was all that high, so I don't see how the plaque got this bad. Any advice about meds or supplements that can help? My guess is that I was on HCTZ/Triamterene for HBP for 30 years and it caused the problem. My BP is now like 123/64 so not an issue.
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@claireike I am not a doctor. Please consider canceling the invasive cath and getting an AI CCTA that will show you much more than a cath. I use CLEERLY AI, but there are others as well. My CAC is over 2000, but my plaque is free of the more dangerous low density kind.
Good Luck.
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@claireike
i'm a 79 yr old male who had a CAC score of 6600 from my coronary CT scan. My echo results are good and i exercise daily. Dr. put me on a statin as my cholesterol had reached the low normal range. My numbers had been excellent my entire life till a few years ago when they started creeping toward the out of range numbers.
Dr. also performed a catheterization which showed minor blockages which did not require any stents.
I have been on warfarin for past 20 years and believe that may have helped cause the high score. Not sure if anything can be done to keep it from getting worse, besides the statin. Dr. was not overly concerned with the high score but I'm seeing him next month and will discuss this further.
Rob