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These coronary calcium heart scans don’t use contrast and take about 15 minutes. It typically just does the heart.

I have had this done twice in my life. The first one was $600 and the second was a $99 promo.

I found in the second one I had a small calcium buildup. I got rid of the buildup with supplements, shown in a follow up X-ray I needed for an unrelated event.

1 posted on 11/14/2023 10:02:34 PM PST by ConservativeMind
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2 posted on 11/14/2023 10:03:10 PM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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3 posted on 11/14/2023 10:06:12 PM PST by Paladin2
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What supplements did you use to remove your cardiac calcium?


4 posted on 11/14/2023 10:38:23 PM PST by Magic Fingers (Political correctness mutates in order to remain virulent.)
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I got rid of the buildup with supplements

What supplements?

5 posted on 11/14/2023 10:40:11 PM PST by IncPen ("Inside of every progressive is a Totalitarian screaming to get out" ~ David Horowitz)
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Yes, I’ve had two also. I’m a firm believer in these. One in 2006 and again this spring. $99 each time. Around 20 of us at work took the Heartsaver CT scan in 2006. The person with the worst score did have a heart attack later. In 2006 I had 5 calcium spots with 2 being more than minor. This spring those 2 being more than minor became much worse. So it is tractable.

What thoroughly convinced me my VA cardiologist was a POS was because he was uninterested in the results. I entered my results through the VA messaging system as “for the record” to several individuals...


9 posted on 11/15/2023 1:22:24 AM PST by OftheOhio (never could dance but always could fight - Romeo company)
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11 posted on 11/15/2023 1:49:11 AM PST by sauropod (The obedient always think of themselves as virtuous rather than cowardly.)
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You are talking “apples and oranges”.
The calcium that shows up on a CAC can’t be seen with a normal plain-vanilla X-ray.
CAC uses an ultra-fast CT.
Like I said, apples and oranges


15 posted on 11/15/2023 8:29:53 AM PST by Honest Nigerian
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I have plaque build up in my carotids. Its big question for me as to how that happened — plus whether or not the plaque is the dangerous soft plaque or the less dangerous hard plaque.

I’m thinking of going to a cardiovascular specialist. Its no cost since I’m on medicare plus supplemental insurance.

Then ask the guy to run some tests for me. I think if he prescribes the tests—then my insurance will cover it.

I’m reading a book by daniel trevor called the “unholy trinity” that refers to sugars carbs and the bad oils. In the back he has a group of tests inserted by a famous doctor—I’ve forgotten the guy’s name—maybe ford brewer—that will give a better definition of your cardio vascular health than what you get for your annual check ups.

My last numbers were kind of wierd. 47 ldl 48 hdl and about 9 for vldl. triglicerides were 43. I would think with those kind of numbers —I would not have a problem with plaque build up.

So I’m going to need more better testing.


20 posted on 11/15/2023 9:37:40 AM PST by ckilmer (ui)
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Our local hospital does a free screening for this under a grant (multi million dollars) by a guy who had a family member drop dead from it out of the blue. When I got it the tech told me they never look at this no matter what cardiac procedure(s) one may have had. So I was glad to have it. Its non invasive and is like an ECHO Cardiagram. Or a Sonagram.


26 posted on 11/15/2023 10:28:36 AM PST by anton
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