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Old 04-01-2024, 09:17 AM
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My calcium score came back very high! My PCP shipped me off to a cardiologist immediately, and told me to take a statin starting that day. Subsequent stress tests, echos, etc. showed plaque in a coronary artery, and I'm grateful to the calcium scan for the heads up. I feel that both my PCP and cardiologist take good care of me, and I try to do my part.
I will send the paper work in to create a new Village's affinity group:
The high calcium score group!