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I have a very high calcium score. What next?

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pumaguy79,

I completely disagree with your broad statement re being over tested/treated ... sure, it might seem that way while medical professionals are searching for causes, and perhaps informed and aggressive testing hasn't yet saved your life, but the processes have certainly saved hundreds of thousands, maybe millions of other lives.

Now, less broadly, some testing and treatment may be "over," but the question is, as always with large populations of circumstances - where is the line?

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There isn't a reputable doctor in America that would rush a patient in for an angiogram, stents etc after getting a CAC score if the patient is otherwise healthy and asymptomatic. I voluntarily took a stress test but my doctor recommended I didn't need it. When symptoms arise (whether you have a CAC score or not) including shortness of breath, chest pain (or pain in shoulders, arms, neck, jaw, back or stomach), weakness/fatigue, etc then it's time for invasive testing.