Cardiac Calcium Scoring

aMacMom
Tue, 03 Apr 2018 22:10:59 +0000

This sounds exactly like my husband. I could have written that first paragraph word-for-word. His coronary calcium score puts him in the 97th percentile (and is off the charts in the LAD subset). Healthy, active guy with significant family heart health issues. High Lp(a) is a known genetic issue.

He’s getting a Fractional Flow Reserve Test to better evaluate blood flow and a PULS Cardiac Test to check for artery instability. Insurance may not cover these. Cardiologist wants his systolic bp to be under 120 so he’s tweaking bp meds to get it down.

Other than that, we’re researching surgeons for a potential angiogram (with stent if needed) and/or bypass. Anything that possibly could be a heart attack or stroke gets a 911 call. That’s happened twice in the past 15 years, once at work and once in the middle of the night at home.

We’re in the baby steps of dealing with the high CCS, but I hope the above is helpful. PM me if you want to discuss specifics.