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Nuclear Stress Test - Not accurate
Heart & Blood Health | Last Active: Jun 23 11:41am | Replies (22)Comment receiving replies
@tabicat03
A Calcium Scoring test checks the calcium in your coronary arteries.
The plaque in your arteries over time calcify.
It's like a cat scan. Mine was 1350 before my triple bypass.
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@lenmayo If you have soft plaque, taking a statin will calcify it. Your CAC score will go up, but that's good because the additional calcified plaque was previously soft, dangerous plaque. Nothing makes the soft plaque vanish, so better to calcify it and make it stable. A higher CAC score in this situation is a good sign.