cac score

My LDL has been relatively high for years creeping from 130-160 over the past 10 years. My natural HDL is 70-80 and when on TRT it's in the 50-60 level. My LDL basically stays flat on TRT or not. My triglycerides are always always always super low at 50 level. My ApoB recently came back at...

Has anyone done a CAC scan and CCTA and observed a wide difference in results? My recent CCTA (coronary computed tomography angiography; see below) showed "no evidence of coronary atherosclerotic plaques or coronary artery stenosis". This is in direct contrast to the CAC scan I had done in 2021...

Expected discouragement has set in after getting my CAC score update. Everything I could think of in my power to shunt my last CAC test in the opposite direction has apparently failed when I saw that my score has essentially tripled in the last three years. Something has gone askew, against what...

Is prescription fish oil containing EPA/DHA really that bad? I had a heart scan (CAC) and came back high at 850. Doc wants me on Lisinopril and Atorvastatin my latest blood work shows Total Cholesterol 213, Triglycerides 98, LDL 157, HDL 35, glucose 90. I weigh 184 lbs. 5'10 at 57 years old. My...