Calcium Score Heart Scan, Animation

[@Alilamedicalmedia]

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[@sarahsherrod2012]

Thanks for the info. My husband is going in July 2022 to get this study done. This makes it easier on us knowing what he’s going in for. Appreciate it!

[@TKO67]

Hi, How did it go ?

[@AbdArahman]

Thank you. Please keep posting videos as this channel is priceless.

[@atulpatel2850]

Thank you, that was a good basic explanation.

[@Ahmed_Adam7]

the best I can do at the moment is to keep watching your brilliant videos and recommend your channel for every colleague striving to save the human kind

[@saundrakielborn2201]

I just learned that most of these tests don’t measure the soft plaque, unless you get the “Cleerly”, test. I recently read a story of someone who had a zero calcium score and they ended up having a heart attack with a 95% blockage of soft plaque!!😳

[@deepakvenkatesh5166]

That is true. Soft plaque is the real issue. But old plaque is a good indicator of past.

[@DavidMichael-fr7fb]

@@deepakvenkatesh5166 Calcium is OLD plaque and NOT dangerous. The next confirming test is an CT Angiogram. That test costs thousands. That is the only way to confirm soft plaque blockage which is what kills you. Facts people...

[@BirdieMcLovin]

This is an excellent explanation of calcium scoring. Because I have FH (familial hypercholesterolemia) I had one at age 35 and was at a 0 and had my second one at age 50 and it jumped to a 15. I'm working to slow that progression.

[@sheddkkhan6758]

Do you have high colesterol

[@adamwest6458]

@@sheddkkhan6758 irrelevant

[@adamwest6458]

15 is irrelevant to good heart function.

[@BirdieMcLovin]

@@sheddkkhan6758 yes in the 400s. I’m on a statin.

[@modelsupplies]

Stop sugar and lower carbs

[@amaliacabrera4650]

Thank you !🙂

[@Turboy65]

A friend had this done and she got a score of zero HOWEVER the scan revealed an aortic aneurism that would have killed her by the end of the year if not detected and treated. She had open heart surgery to fix it four days later. She should live her full life expectancy. Get this test done if you're over 50.

[@sabehjbara3873]

Brilliant channel. How about a video about LBBB? Most videos available talking how to pin point LBBB from ECG interpretations. What is needed how to survive it and treatment, if any available? Thanks.

[@blurayauthority]

Turned 50 this year and have had a list of things “to do.” This is second to last on the list, the last being a Shingles vaccine. Had a vascular screening, fine. Cholesterol is fine, etc. Don’t even know why they want me to get this as I have no family history of heart disease. I’m not overweight, don’t smoke (never have), drink in moderation and so forth. My Dr. said it was that I have gout. Dunno, guess we’ll see. Going for a score of 0. Wasn’t a problem in my physics class, I think I can pull that off.

[@williamtownsend4978]

How was your test

[@lawrencenjawe9875]

Very interesting...Thanks for the information

[@micinum]

Here is a really interesting question. What is the relationship between Wellens syndrome and calcium score.

[@shaharieryasin6086]

There are 2 type of plaques. Sometimes unstable plaques doesnt contain Ca, so how does this test / score confirm risk?

[@Alilamedicalmedia]

See the risks/limitations part at the end of the video.

[@alanncsu3243]

If the body isn't putting calcium over "unstable" plaques (which we can analyze in a CT)... then what's the risk? The term unstable might imply they aren't securely fastened to the artery wall... meaning they wash away eventually on their own?

[@alanncsu3243]

It sounds like 2 cases of plaque not considering "unstable" - the kind that builds up to the point of significant lost blood flow (12-15% heart attacks), and the kind that build up less but tear away the wall and creates clots that cause an attack or stroke (85-88% of the time).

[@alanncsu3243]

I wonder what the incident percentage is for "unstable" plaques, if it's a risk less than 1% of the time, then it might not be a significant concern unless some has the problem genetically? You have to be careful of Dr's who use a buzzword like "plaque" and might put you on chloresterol lowering drugs which with significant side effects (health hazards) - and aren't actually needed.

[@alanncsu3243]

They used to do that already, someone can have high triglycerides but no problem with chloresterol and give you chloresterol lowering medication since triglycerides are indirectly related to heart disease. But now at least these CT scoring scans can let triglyceride people know they have low or zero plaque (along with normal chloresterol), so they don't blindly need chloresterol lowing drugs with side effects... in the old days everyone probably took the medication out of fear of plaque which couldn't be confirmed easily.

[@znssnbssnsjsj3335]

I have already subscribed this channel but seldom gets these topics

[@TKO67]

Is there a test to detect soft plaque ?

[@anildeshmukh7061]

Can this test be done for a person whose angioplastyis already done. Pl confirm. Thank you

[@teda.2813]

No, because the Calcium test identifies risk. If angioplasty was done it was likely for already occurring symptoms. If you’re already there there isn’t any value here

[@alanncsu3243]

I wish Dr's would stop talking only about single event exposure to ionizing radiation (xrays) - risk is also about total dose someone has during their lifetime too... single event and total dose, both are risks. Total dose might contribute decades later to topics like cancer if the patient doesn't minimize their exposure over time - even if they're low exposures since ionizing radiation does damage each time which accumulates over long periods.

[@jayadama1301]

What is Calcium score heart scan?

[@TheCambra]

Seriously lol did you have the video on mute

[@paross5999]

I got 0 too and 55 y/o. I’ve got very, very high cholesterol but I’m a healthy person.

[@Moeshepoesh]

What is very very high cholesterol?

[@hotmessexpress7056]

You could have soft plaque which is even more dangerous. Ask to get that checked although hard to get it covered by insurance

[@brainstormingsharing1309]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@lbank4526]

You should get a Cardiac FMRI first instead of this. Less radiation exposure and will show plaque. This only tells you what your plaque was 10 years ago. Because it takes about that long to calcify.

[@BM-ms3gr]

And you are?

[@amritbirsingh]

Can calcium scoring test able to detect heart blockage

[@moshedayan2810]

@amritbirsingh.. It can't... The test isn't for young persons.. Their plaque hasn't had time to calcify.. In older persons calcium means there's plaque

[@thomasluttkus9956]

This is not entirely accurate. The Heart Scan only measures *HARD* calcium deposits -- not *SOFT* calcium deposits. Therefore, you can have a score of ZERO and still have significant ongoing blockage, while you could have a score of 1000 and have no blockage. This is NOT a predictor of the future, but a snapshot of the past. The calcium could be repairing past damage. The only thing that is certain is that it shows there's been damage. Whether its current is another story. Long distance runners have a high percentage of getting a score over 300.

[@thedaywillcome]

If my blood calcium level is high means my arteries have plaque ?

[@Monica-gj2yx]

Other things can cause it.

[@SureshDarira]

If calcium score is 400 it is very high then there are cases where score is more than 3000 then they should be dead by now, how come they are alive, if High score detected then why to disclose it effects mental health of patient because nothing can be done, patients with 100 score are crying taking statins , why some cardiologist ignore this test? Nobody answers this, this test involves billion of dollars around the world.

[@ramraj08]

Just because every drunk driver doesn’t get into an accident doesn’t mean drunk driving is safe correct ? It’s the same here.

[@nomorenews]

I know people with score above 2000 and they are finr

[@davidthecardcollector]

I had 900 and only 44, 50% blockage. It's not a old person disease anymore from what my cardiologist told me.

[@rhdtv2002]

I’m 52 and my wife is 47 and both had this test and got 0

[@scabootie]

Did you want a cookie?

[@GF-ck4cp]

What made you take it?

[@ernestrodriguez9649]

@@scabootie HATER

[@coelhocointech9841]

That should make everybody here feel better

[@ernestrodriguez9649]

@@coelhocointech9841 another Hater 😂

[@thewholls7176]

I thought the calcium was not necessarily a component of the plaque I thought the calcium was a function of tissue necrosis which occurs when plaque buildup prevents underlying tissue from blood supply in the wall of the vessel and in essence it starts to die in that specific spot and the calcium is actually from intracellular components of that tissue degradation……

[@emgong6169]

Would love to do this, but I don't think my insurance will cover this procedure.

[@darcyb6678]

I was told no insurance companies cover it. I had one today in NY. It was 100.00.

[@Fetner58]

75.00 Auburn Alabama

[@Jhadyspeaks]

I got it done today, I scored 1. I paid 49 dollars

[@johnshepherd3021]

$49 in Indiana; medicare and traditional health insurance, here, don't cover it.

[@briggettecammett6181]

I also Paid 100 dollars For the test and glad I got it.

[@hanumadondapati4863]

Actually.not need More calcium to the body if you have more calcium one of the cause to the gain the weight and it will be taking the.phosphorus in the body t o balance of calcium and phosphorus

[@dancassidy7471]

What??

[@Darriius.s]

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