Upcoming visit with a new cardiologist on May 26th. with a Calcium score of 1500 +. I am taking a 10mg statin and have changed my diet dramatically. Reason I changed cardiologist is that the first one wanted to do perform an angiogram and then (probably) put stents. He said w/my score he found almost irrelevant to perform echo, stress tests etc. I quote the Doc. , "why would you want to put $200 in my pocket?".
Moving forward, I am hoping this new cardiologist have a different perspective. I have educated myself regarding this matter since then. I am 63 and keep playing tennis and about to rejoin the gym to focus more on swimming and cardio.