There is a study that showed that statin use increases Calcium Scores. The "theory" is that this is a good thing. My doctor stated that this is how statins impact heart disease and is why serial Calcium Score scans are not helpful in tracking the progression of heart disease. I'm surprised this wasn't discussed here especially since Dr Blanchet mentioned that the increase in the calcium scores of his patients on Statins was indicative that they weren't effective at reducing calcium scores and that more was needed.
Any effective treatment will initially convert more concerning soft plaque (the feta cheese like consistencythat breaks off and causes most events) into calcified hard plaque. This is partially true and soft>hard plaque conversion initially add mild increase in points to your CAC, but the new soft plaque should not be formed (if you and or you and your doctor went "inflammation hunting, inflammation killing") and hard plaque should stabilize...grow by less than 14% per annual year or
As statins reduce heart attacks by only 20 %, a d stable coronary calcium is associated with a 17.2 fold difference in heart attack risk, one would not expext statins to stabelize coronary calcium. If your dr wants to believe the nonsense promoted by Steve Nissan, that is unfortunate. The study by Raggi is compelling. The argument by Nissen is crap.
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There is a study that showed that statin use increases Calcium Scores. The "theory" is that this is a good thing. My doctor stated that this is how statins impact heart disease and is why serial Calcium Score scans are not helpful in tracking the progression of heart disease. I'm surprised this wasn't discussed here especially since Dr Blanchet mentioned that the increase in the calcium scores of his patients on Statins was indicative that they weren't effective at reducing calcium scores and that more was needed.
Any effective treatment will initially convert more concerning soft plaque (the feta cheese like consistencythat breaks off and causes most events) into calcified hard plaque. This is partially true and soft>hard plaque conversion initially add mild increase in points to your CAC, but the new soft plaque should not be formed (if you and or you and your doctor went "inflammation hunting, inflammation killing") and hard plaque should stabilize...grow by less than 14% per annual year or
As statins reduce heart attacks by only 20 %, a d stable coronary calcium is associated with a 17.2 fold difference in heart attack risk, one would not expext statins to stabelize coronary calcium. If your dr wants to believe the nonsense promoted by Steve Nissan, that is unfortunate. The study by Raggi is compelling. The argument by Nissen is crap.