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High calcium score: I'm in shock

Heart & Blood Health | Last Active: Nov 4 2:36pm | Replies (214)

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@nany123

I had an appointment with a cardiologist yesterday. I am asymptomatic but have a calcium score of 2300. I requested an angioplasty. My doctor wasn’t excited but agreed to do it to see the extent of the calcium build up and put in a stent if needed. Why would I not do this? It seems like the next smartest step.

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nany123, when you say your doctor "wasn't excited", did he or she offer a different view of advisable next steps? I recently did calcium score screening ("mild" CAC with 50% stenosis in my mid-LAD - male, age 65), and I've read that coronary intervention like an angioplasty should NOT be performed on an asymptomatic patient unless stress testing or FFR testing shows a moderate or severe degree of ischemia. Have you done those tests in addition to your CCTA, and by the way what degree of stenosis was shown by the CCTA, in how many vessels and in which segments?