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My dr wants me to try repatha an injection instead of statin I’ve developed terrible peripheral...
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@tim1028, I didn't find anything in the postings by @lainie64 about "a moderate plaque burden" or...
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Does mild coronary artery disease always progress with time
Hi...I had a CT heart scan as part of a generalised check up..I have no symptoms of any kind and am a regular gym user..my...
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Just found out my calcium score is 474. Next steps uncertain.
Went to my primary care doctor complaining of light-headedness and slight pressure on the left side of my chest. Had the Cardio CT done and...
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Is anyone else talking Wegovy for heart disease?
The FDA recently approved Wegovy for heart disease. My medicare Advance Plan now covers it at $99 a month so I started on it this...
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Experience Many Years After High CAC
Like apparently many on this site I recently received an unexpected high CAC score. 99th percentile for age and gender. 60ish years old. CT angiogram...
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Summary of Icosapent Ethyl (IPE) Vascepa Studies (2023)
Hi All, Below review of previous studies is a lot to unpack, but a good read. Here's the conclusion: "While the mechanism is not thoroughly...
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Xanthelasma
Over the years statins elevated my liver enzymes so a year ago I was taken off of them. I have tried to control my cholesterol...
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No breathlessness when walking and climbing, but anxious
Hello, I just visited my cardiologist first week of October. The recent blood work showed my cholesterol to be normal, my blood sugar h1b1c(i am...
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Newly diagnosed, I think?
Hello all. New to the group. Just some background on me. I have Primary Biliary Cholangitis and am a Thyroid cancer survivor. I'm 53 years...
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Living with high calcium score
I am a 53 year old male. Just found out I have a CAC of 731. Most of it (699) is in the right coronary....
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scintillating scotoma after mitral valve repair and A-Fib. ablation
@colleenyoung, hi! last may I joined your group (yoanne). I did several postings about mitral valve repair, about statins etc. now I have a question...
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