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High Coronary Calcium Score: How do others feel emotionally?

Heart & Blood Health | Last Active: Feb 13 9:01am | Replies (640)
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Cindy,

Have you retested after four years?

Calcium supposedly increases at around 15% per year ... so after four years CAC should be around 1925. If it is lower it means you have slowed progression, right?

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Cindy Winger | @cindywinger | Nov 16, 2022

Interesting - they never gave me that option. I will have to ask my cardiologist. That makes me sad.

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Cindy Winger | @cindywinger | Nov 17, 2022

UPDATE: I just spoke with cardiology yesterday, and they will not retest. They said, "they are not inclined to repeat it, and in fact are actively disinclined in most cases, favoring aggressive risk factor modification".

My LDLs finally creeped over 70 on my last blood work so will increase my statin. Aggressive risk factor modifications indicate keeping it under 70.

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