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What Does Elevation In The Coronary Calcium Score Indicate?

IF YOU A HI CALCIUM SCORE DOES THAT MEAN YOU HAVE A BLOCKAGE OR BLOCKAGES IF YOUR TOTAL CALCIUM SCORE IS 1037.72,IT HAS INCREASED FROM YEAR 2008 ,WHEN IT WAS 698,DOES THAT MEAN YOU HAVE INCREASED CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE,EVEN THOUGH,YOU ARE COMPLETELY ASYMPTOMATIC-NO CHEST PAIN,NO SOB ,WITH NORMAL DAILY WORKING ACTIVITIES . CARDIAC STRESS TEST,ECHO,AND EKG ARE COMPLETELY NORMAL. DO YOU NEED TO BE STENTED . MILD TYPE 2 DM A1C IS 6 . I AM AGE 73 WT 168 LBS BP 130/84 PULSE R 84
Fri, 23 Mar 2018
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A high calcium score means that you have a risk of developing coronary artery disease. Calcium gets high with age too, and it is normal, but you also have other risk factors for a coronary artery disease like diabetes, age, high blood pressure. Lack of symptoms doesn't mean that your arteries of the heart are clear, symptoms may develop any time. You should take an extra mg of medications that slow heart rate, called beta blockers (these protect you better). I would suggest an angiography (CTA) of the coronary artery to see if you have stenosis of the cardiac arterial.


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Dr. Anila Skenderi
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What Does Elevation In The Coronary Calcium Score Indicate?

Hello, A high calcium score means that you have a risk of developing coronary artery disease. Calcium gets high with age too, and it is normal, but you also have other risk factors for a coronary artery disease like diabetes, age, high blood pressure. Lack of symptoms doesn t mean that your arteries of the heart are clear, symptoms may develop any time. You should take an extra mg of medications that slow heart rate, called beta blockers (these protect you better). I would suggest an angiography (CTA) of the coronary artery to see if you have stenosis of the cardiac arterial. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Anila Skenderi