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I started Repatha a year ago. I had little side effects at first. I have been...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1219171/

Discussion: Started Repatha - Side Effects

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Jan 22 4:02pm

Hi All, So, I need to restate my CAC and statin chronology! After watching too many...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/898459/

Discussion: High CAC Score and Current Status

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Jul 19, 2023

Thank you for your reply. I don't have a cardiologist yet but I have had cath...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/896009/

Discussion: CABG Surgery. In a dilemma.

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Jul 15, 2023

I'm not sure where you are located, but in MN I had two awful experiences with...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1261112/

Discussion: Started Repatha - Side Effects

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Mar 18 11:32am

The tone in his notes is clearly one of irritation. Your frustration and pursuit of further...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/766616/

Discussion: High CAC Score and Current Status

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Oct 28, 2022

Well, coming from a family with a long and storied cardiac history, I would surely follow...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1221604/

Discussion: Aortic Stenosis & Valve Replacement

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Jan 25 4:23pm

@anniehall56. I understand your overwhelming shock and dismay at your blood test results. We think we...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/334026/

Discussion: Any women with high CAC scores?

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Feb 2, 2021

No discussion of the cath lab at all, at least not yet. The cardiologist who set...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/732813/

Discussion: Extremely high calcium score at 42 - is there any positive here??

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Jul 31, 2022

Hello - Most of my life (I am 68) I had a normal cholesterol level around...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/102551/

Discussion: Supplements vs statins - which is more effective?

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Aug 5, 2016

First off- Since you have established plaque (CAC>0), my suggestion is to continue Rosuvastatin. Increasing CAC...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1121025/

Discussion: Angiogram reveals LAD 70% blocked with no flow restriction?

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Aug 10, 2024

Hi steveny, So, my story is that I did a CAC test when I was 65...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/725426/

Discussion: Extremely high calcium score at 42 - is there any positive here??

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Jul 10, 2022

I am 78 YO female. Because my cholesterol was in the high normal range, in 2007...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/846164/

Discussion: Extremely high calcium score at 42 - is there any positive here??

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Apr 20, 2023

So I haven't been here in a long time, but I started this thread originally in...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/984587/

Discussion: Extremely high calcium score at 42 - is there any positive here??

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Dec 21, 2023

I have had 4 injections of Inclisiran so almost 2 years. The 2nd injection is 3...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1221862/

Discussion: Started Repatha - Side Effects

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Jan 26 7:07am

My calcium score was 122 and I am a 67 yr old female. I have low...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/870938/

Discussion: High Coronary Calcium Score: How do others feel emotionally?

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Jun 2, 2023

Steven, I think when a doctor has a patient with a not so good prognosis, they...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/733187/

Discussion: Extremely high calcium score at 42 - is there any positive here??

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Aug 1, 2022

Hello Everyone - I posted this recently in the supplements vs statins section, although I am...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/108825/

Discussion: Want to control my cholesterol and triglycerides with food

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Aug 10, 2016

74 years old, received CAC score 6 months ago 1,328. Using web, I entered numbers and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/695358/

Discussion: High calcium score: I'm in shock

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Apr 1, 2022

Really appreciate this. Yes, that’s been my basic initial reaction too, just a sense that an...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/725228/

Discussion: Extremely high calcium score at 42 - is there any positive here??

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Jul 9, 2022

An update: I saw the second cardiologist today. He was surprised my score was so high...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/726561/

Discussion: Extremely high calcium score at 42 - is there any positive here??

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Jul 13, 2022