How to Read Your Heart Scan Results

By Dr. William Davis, Health Pro Thursday, May 27, 2010

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In my last post, I discussed what a heart scan score, or coronary calcium score, means. You may recall that coronary calcium serves as an indirect gauge, a "dipstick," for the amount of atherosclerotic plaque present in the three coronary arteries. Unlike "risk factors" like high LDL cholest...

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Char

5/27/10 5:04pm

Very interesting. Thanks for writing here again. I would be very interesting in what you have to say about thyroid levels/function and hope you can find time to write about it.

sarah brown

5/31/10 4:12am

I am 56 years old female. done carotide Doppler test that found 7-15%

plaque. also eca cardiogram scan found 5% plaque.

a respected cardiologist from St. Mary's Hospital in London told me, the results are normal.

I take extra strength cod liver oil, olive oil, calcium+vit D+K, Picnogenol 80mg and lead a healthy life style.

Any comments on my test results would be appreciated.

Thanking you.

sarah brown

Anonymous

5/31/10 4:12am

I am 56 years old female. done carotide Doppler test that found 7-15%

plaque. also eca cardiogram scan found 5% plaque.

a respected cardiologist from St. Mary's Hospital in London told me, the results are normal.

I take extra strength cod liver oil, olive oil, calcium+vit D+K, Picnogenol 80mg and lead a healthy life style.

Any comments on my test results would be appreciated.

Thanking you.

sarah brown

How to Read Your Heart Scan Results

I am 56 years old female. done carotide Doppler test that found 7-15%

I am 56 years old female. done carotide Doppler test that found 7-15%

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