For some readers, this is a repeat message. I'm an active, 78 year old male. My first calcium score(Heart Check ) came in at a mere 5900 in 1997( age 53). I was devastated, just waiting for a catastrophe. I spoke with the inventors of the then-new CT technology. I was in the 99 plus percentile. I was told then, as I have been told ever since, that the calcium score indicates plaque, but the hard(good) type not soft(bad). Some people disseminate plaque throughout their body, some concentrate it. My most recent CCT revealed a score of 8000 at age 78 Since I am symptom free, walk 2 miles each day, lead an active life. live in an apartment with 14 steps that I traverse numerous times per day, I am not inclined to risk a cath lab experience just to find out what I already know. If I develop painful, persistent angina or life-changing fatigue, I'll try to get to the front of the line for invasive procedures, but not now...not with the "normal"(for a 78-year -old) life I enjoy so much.

Either a person has plaque or they don't. I believe only hard plaque glows on a CCT so many folks are walking around without test results who are at much more risk of an event than you. Ergo the broad use of statins in society.

Keep calm. Eat right. Stay active. Live a long life.