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I have a very high calcium score. What next?

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@alaskat

The study:” No immediate or long-term benefit to such individuals from either stress testing or coronary angiography has been documented in the literature." I see a lot of folks here running to do these things after getting a CAC score and it's really not needed,…”
I don’t agree with that.

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christianzane | @christianzane | Jul 17, 2023

Well everyone is entitled to take whatever actions they want when receiving news of a CAC score, getting cardiac catheterization, stress testing, coronary angiography etc if you're asymptomatic and making recommended dietary and lifestyle seems like overkill to me, as referenced by the study.

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