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90% Chance of Significant Blockage with Calcium Score Greater Than 400

Posted by bitsygirl @bitsygirl, Feb 7 7:18pm

I have seen the statistic that there is a 90% chance of a significant blockage with a calcium score greater than 400 from multiple seemingly good sources. Does anyone know where this statistic came from?

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bitsygirl | @bitsygirl | Feb 10 10:43am
In reply to @mikekennedy759 "Yes, it was. But it was a shock to the interventional cardiologist. He was not expecting..." + (show)
@mikekennedy759

Yes, it was. But it was a shock to the interventional cardiologist. He was not expecting it.

Are you having shortness of breath? That sometimes is a clue. Or its hard to exercise because you cannot catch your breath.

By the way, I like your ID name: bitsygirl...it sounds so cheerful and cute.

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Yes, I imagine it was a surprise to have a blockage with such a low score. I guess we are opposites in some sense. I should probably have a more severe blockage with my score. I don’t have any shortness of breath. I am running for exercise. (Well, I call it that — others might not 🙂 I get nervous when it sometimes seems harder than usual going up the stairs or a hill, but think I am OK so far.

I named my cat Bitsy and then I too her name. :). It fit her. She was a darling. I also work with computers, so it has an alternate meaning to boot.

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mikekennedy759 | @mikekennedy759 | Feb 11 9:45am
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@bitsygirl

Yes, I imagine it was a surprise to have a blockage with such a low score. I guess we are opposites in some sense. I should probably have a more severe blockage with my score. I don’t have any shortness of breath. I am running for exercise. (Well, I call it that — others might not 🙂 I get nervous when it sometimes seems harder than usual going up the stairs or a hill, but think I am OK so far.

I named my cat Bitsy and then I too her name. :). It fit her. She was a darling. I also work with computers, so it has an alternate meaning to boot.

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The name is creative! My jogging is well, LOL. I get where I am going.

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4aces4me | @4aces4me | Feb 12 8:16am

Not sure that 90% statistic is correct.

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