It doesn't look like I have any data from the stress test in my patient portal. I just did the tread for about 12-15 mins at increasing speeds and he said, "Well, you passed the stress test easily," and then we moved on. I'll see if I can track down any numbers.

Interesting to see your numbers. Looks to me like you did have a clear problem area in your bloodwork -- high triglycerides -- that has been well-addressed with the statin. Obviously, your total and LDL cholesterol was already in a really good place.

This is what I keep getting at about the strangeness of my situation: There was nothing in my bloodwork that suggested a potential problem. All I've had is slightly (~100-110) elevated LDL cholesterol, with normal triglycerides, high HDL, low lipoprotein (a), low hsCRP. So no doc I'd previously done bloodwork with ever even suggested a calcium scan -- and I can see why now: my lipid profile put me at <1% risk in the traditional calculators. So while I'm glad to get the LDL down under 70, I have a hard time wrapping my head around the idea that it's what was driving this in the first place. I see people here sharing LDL levels that are near or above 200. I could see how that could lead to significant plaque accumulation. But I've never had anything like that. I just would really like to understand the root cause of this, because it doesn't seem to mesh with how these high calcium scores are typically explained.