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I have a very high calcium score. What next?
Just joined the site and I'm looking to share with others who have had a high calcium score. I found out today that mine is 2996 and I am scared by this. I am 61 and I am totally asymptomatic. Now I feel like a walking time bomb. I am thinking of requesting an angiogram to see if there's any narrowing anywhere and if it can be corrected with a stent. After a second heart doctor told me that the plaque buildup might be uniform over the course of years with no big problem areas, I am encouraged. But the score still freaks me out, specifically my LAD at 1333. I don't smoke or drink but I have to lose 40 lbs.
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Thank you. Happy for you. May I ask after how many years you repeated the test? Thank you
I was tested at 62 and was 1100, now close to 1300. No symptoms and going strong.
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3 ReactionsI am 67 yr old female with CAC of 613. I am pre-diabetic. My cardiologist is recommending ozempic for cardiac protection. Anyone else got this recommendation?
Thank you very much. This was the most reassuring statement I received after getting my CAC score!
Things will happen to people between March of 2021 and now when folks were getting COVID jabs and it's easy to blame everything on that, if I eat ice cream for dessert tonight and find out I have cancer the next morning I don't blame the ice-cream. Your plaque accumulation surely has nothing to do with a vaccine, whether it's for the flu or Tdap or whatever. And don't panic about a CAC score of 613 at 67, that's actually pretty good, as I've stated here before many times my physician tells me of patients he has in their 90s with CAC scores in the thousands.
Thank you. That makes sense. I wonder if it got accelerated because of inflammation in the blood vessels. The unexpected cardiac events are documented post-Covid vaccines /disease though?
It probably took 30-40 years for your plaque to buildup to that level, COVID vaccines or any vaccine had nothing to do with it.
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2 ReactionsI am a 67 yr old female with a CAC of 613. On rosuvastatin 20 and Aspirin 81mg. I am a pre-diabetic. My cardiologist is recommending ozempic for cardio-protection. My BMI is 23. My out of pocket expense will be $ 575/month. Does any other cardiologist recommend this?
Anyone has across linkage between corona virus vaccine or exposure to the virus causing inflammation in cardiac vessel and causing plaque build up?
I am 67 yr old female with healthy life style and no major family history is faced with a CAC of 613.
I am even reconsidering on how much I can travel, where, length of flights etc. This test result is causing havoc in my psyche all of a sudden!! Is this an undue worry? Is this new hype about CAC valid? You can imgine because of this new test, more and more people are going to be on statin. Once more people are tested, the percentage curve might be different. I think it is still a relatively new test and I am in the 100th percentile. Will that percentile be still the same if more people are tested?
My blood test shows LDL at 75. The previous test six months ago showed 61. It went up so yesterday the cardiologist states it needs to go down. Initially he wanted to increase my 20 mg. statin to 40 and said "no" so he prescribed Ezitimibe 10mg. I am to do a follow up in three months (not 6 like I wanted). The reason I am not eating eggs and red meats is bc I want to do the best for me (I know a little won't hurt) but apparently GENETICS is doing its thing regardless.
Also they programmed an echocardiogram AND I they ordered a heart monitor I have to wear for (get this!!!!) 28 days. Happens that I felt a little dizzy a couple of days ago after picking up dumbells which to me was an isolated event (have not been sleeping well the last two days and probably was very low on carbs intake).
Not happy about all this but it doesn't hurt they check (even if unnecessary) how the heart is pumping. NOW, if it comes back with some "hiccups" which I don't expect to and tell me I have arrythmia I will ask for a second opinion.
Will see.....