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Discussion69% blockage of carotid artery
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@loriesco It's not the calcium score that you get on a blood test. It's a CT calcium scan that measures the amount of calcified plaque in the arteries that feed your heart muscle. I've already had that, plus an angiogram. It's only this year that my doctor wants to check the carotid just to have it in the record. It wasn't the first thing he looked at, not at all.
Good description of the scan for anyone interested:
https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/heart-scan/about/pac-20384686