Cardiac Calcium Scoring

GRITS80
Tue, 03 Apr 2018 21:55:09 +0000

You are describing my husband’s situation almost exactly. About 20 years ago (around age 40) he had his first calcium test and I can still remember our internist calling late at night in a panic over the results. She told me to make sure he did no exertion whatsoever until she could get him to a cardiologist the next day. His score even back then was in the 99th percentile. And it still is…with lots of exercise, LIpitor, Zetia and a healthy diet. Maybe 10 years ago he had an angiogram to see if he could benefit from a stent. In his case the buildup is not something that can be “stented” if that is a word. Bottom line is he sees his cardiologist regularly and continues to take the drugs and exercise. The cardiologist tells him to keep doing what he’s doing which has included running a marathon with these kind of numbers.

I know a reading that high is very scary but we learned that it isn’t something we needed to stress over. I’m sure you’ll get good advice from the cardiologist. I think heredity is a big factor. DH and I have similar diets and my score is 0. Good luck tomorrow. I hope your husband can relax a little.