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Heart & Blood Health | Last Active: Jul 2 4:44pm | Replies (10)
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Ok seems like not the busiest group here. But I recently got this diagnosis. Had an echo in 3/26 and said everything was normal. Went for a CT scan and they said calcifications w/o aneurysm. Little freaked out. This was 2 different doctors and two different imaging places. Dont know what to think! Any suggestions???
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@blue717 After getting a high CAC score and detection of an ascending aortic aneurysm from the same test, I asked for my carotids and abdominal aorta to be checked. They found atherosclerosis in both, but not to a significant degree. The coronary atherosclerosis is being treated the usual way. I imagine it's not that unusual to have scattered atherosclerosis in the abdominal aorta, but I'm not a doctor. I'd also guess the level of concern is a matter of the degree of atherosclerosis. Check with your PCP. S/he should be able to tell you if it's a concern.
FWIW.
Good luck.