calcium score

If you've been diligently taking your statin or PCSK9 inhibitor like Repatha, getting your LDL cholesterol down to target levels, and then your repeat coronary artery calcium (CAC) scan comes back higher than before—you're probably confused and maybe even alarmed. Wasn't the whole point of...

Diagnostic Assessment Strategy: Cardiovascular Risk & Systemic Health in Hypogonadal Patients 1. Strategic Framework for Cardiovascular Risk in the Hypogonadal Male In the contemporary clinical landscape, the management of the hypogonadal male demands a multi-modal assessment strategy that...

Is there a reduction in the maximum recommended hematocrit value as a function of coronary calcium score? I currently have a 52.8 hematocrit with a past CAC score of 153.

Recently I did a calcium score in my arteries (heart). It came out 144. I am not fat and eat right. What dies this CAC score mean? is it too high for my age ( 46 male) ? How do I reduce this hard calcium from my arteries?

I just began TRT in November with a gel, switched to shots in January. Last month, my doctor (A4M, anti aging) sent me for a Cardiac Calcium scoring test. My score was 167. She said if we can get cholesterol down under 70, we can dissolve the calcium. I wonder if any of you have any...

The Budoff study reports discordant results which are suspect for technical error. The study contradicts forty years of published data on Testosterone and Cardiovascular disease. Real world data from two Urology Clinics treating males with cardiovascular disease with testosterone for eight...