Heart & Blood Health Support Group

I was recently started on statins due to an increased cardiac risk. My understanding was that statins are used primarily to lower LDL cholesterol levels...

Have high CAC score (1400) but no blockage evident. Great stress test. 62 yr old male. Taking statin and baby aspirin. Any recommendation on the...

Should I be worried about my 600 CAC score, which apparently means I’ve arteries of an 85 year old yet I feel 35. I’m 60,...

Hello all, brand new here although spent all day lurking yesterday reading posts. My 68 year old (asymptomatic) husband got his CAC score this week...

I'm 62 have high LDL and a Calcium score of 979, I have no symptoms and recently passed a stress test. I'm trying to decide...

I am having severe muscle pain especially in my legs. Causing insomnia and leg jerking. Cardiologist ruled out other possible factors. What statin has less...

I'm seventy-four years old and had a CAC Scan yesterday. My PCP called me this morning to tell me that my calcium score was 145...

I'm confused i went for a yearly checkup and had a low dose CT scan without contrast, it said i have severe coronary artery disease....

I have been taking pitavastatin for some time and have noticed that it has caused me constipation. It seems as if I don’t have any...

I was diagnosed with Taketsubo Cardiomyopathy at age46 . It will be 3 years this July. I’m beta blockers and a statin for my cholesterol....

I am a small 58 year old woman and am also intolerant of statins and many other medications, but I do not have a thyroid...

I am a 60 year old male and a non smoker and have found out this morning that my CT Heart Angiogram has identified minor...

It took 3 years of exhaustion and low ferritin before I finally figured out it was caused by atorvastatin! They sent me from doc to...

Does anyone have a high cardiac calcium score that has already been taking statins? I’m reading that taking statins can cause the score to increase.

Hi, Got my 2nd Leqvio shot a week ago and fasting blood sugar is already 10-15 points higher. Thankfully went back to normal-for-me post-meal mode...

I had an angioplasty March 5th and was placed on 75mg clopidogrel and 75 mg of rosuvastatin. After 3 weeks of feeling extreme fatigue I...

I am not new to an above normal triglyceride number and it has been irritating me for over 30 years. Tried niacin therapy, no carb...

My wife just had her annual physical and her MPO level was 650. According to everything that I have read this should be a red...

I just had an ultrafast cardio scan. My results were: Left Main = 0, Right Coronary = 0, Left Anterior Decending = 346, Circumflex =...

85 yr old M with 68 yr hx of type l diabetes/ A1c 6.1, well treated hyperlipidemia with statin, BMI 23, known significant CA calcification,...