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To: AppyPappy

Directly from the American Heart Association page:

Calcium scoring isn’t recommended for people who don’t have heart disease symptoms and have a low risk of heart attack unless they have a strong family history of premature coronary heart disease.


15 posted on 05/02/2026 6:09:17 AM PDT by Don W (When blacks riot, neighborhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn)
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To: Don W

I have a friend who at 59 had a calcium score of zero given a clean bill of health by his MD prior to retirement. 4 mos later he suffered a heart attack and cardiac arrest. He had three coronary arteries that were nearly 100% blocked as discovered in the cath that took place after he was resuscitated. He had been on statins and triglyceride Rx for years.


27 posted on 05/02/2026 6:28:28 AM PDT by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man, a subject.")
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