Comment by jimmydddd
9 months ago
My wife had high cholesterol numbers, so her doctor wanted to give her statins. She asked about a scan, he begrudgingly said well, I guess you could do that. Her scan showed 0 plaque.
9 months ago
My wife had high cholesterol numbers, so her doctor wanted to give her statins. She asked about a scan, he begrudgingly said well, I guess you could do that. Her scan showed 0 plaque.
Plaque won't show as calcium until it has been in your arteries for decades and has calcified. It is a delayed indicator.
For anyone under 40, it's expected to have zero calcium. Even a measure of 1 or 2 when you're below 40 would be a bad sign.
Is there any way to get rid of the calcification? Experimental techniques?
Sure, surgery and several other risky and/or invasive treatments.
Or you could take statins and prevent it from becoming an issue in the first place.
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Was it a CAC or CTA?
It was almost certainly the former, and the former is is basically an indicator that the damage is already done.
Soft plaque takes a long time to calcify. But soft plaque is the stuff that ruptures, and will clog up your arteries just as much.
Statins are best used as a preventative measure - once the plaque is there it's difficult to regress it even while soft, and as far as we know effectively impossible once it is calcified.