I have a very high calcium score. What next?

degarden, what are your actual cholesterol numbers (lipids) - HDL, LDL, triglycerides? (sorry if I missed them). The increase you note from 2007 until now would be consider pretty normal - especially if you started taking statins.

writer418, if you note "credible source" it is usually reasonable for you to cite that source, or even provide a link. Your explanation appears to be rather rudimentary. It seems reasonable that there is a lot more behind the science of understanding cholesterols.

There are doctors out there who say that what you eat has nothing to do with cholesterol. I’ve read the initial tests for cholesterol were done on rabbits and have nothing to do with humans. This is from a credible source (a heart doctor) but look it up yourself.

I have read the same reports but my situation perhaps requires that I restrict all sources of cholesterol. My calcium score is over 2200 so I'm listening to my doc as she is conservative in my care and probably for a very good reason.

The no egg thing recently has been shown not to be true, it's ok to eat eggs a few times a week even with the yolk.

True! My cardio has told me no eggs. I trust her so I follow her advice. I avoid saturated fats, don't eat trans fats which means excluding all items from the bakery. Pretty much live on meatless meals, beans and lentils, fish and chicken. And these dietary changes have helped me keep my weight in check.

Keep in mind consuming cholesterol only raises your blood cholesterol levels slightly, it's more complicated having to do with the mix of fats/carbohydrates in your diet, check the saturated/trans fat levels of what you eat, I still eat eggs occasionally which are loaded with cholesterol.

I'm age 79. My calcium score was about 535 in 2007 and is 2235 now. I had two stents in 2022. Apparently there is a third area that may eventually need a stent. The rest of the plaque is spread through out my body. Having a stent before you have a near blockage is probably not something a cardio would encourage or do. Stents tend to accumulate plaque and I now take Plavix to discourage the blood from clotting around those stents. From what I understand, with medication and diet to control cholesterol, the stent will be good for hopefully, 10 years. If the stents get clogged, the next step would be bypass surgery which is very invasive.

I suggest you try to lose any excess weight. When I was first diagnosed with heart disease, I too had to lose 40 lbs. I lost the weight by a strict low cholesterol, low sugar diet. I wish you good health.

Donna

Odd and we have similar issues

Nine was 900 and at 70 I am in Graz shape… should I use creator??

Cardiologist have any thoughts on Vascepa?