Coronary Calcium Count
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Coronary Calcium Count
The New England Journal of Medicine March 27, 2008 had a paper that demonstrated the usefulness of counting calcium in the coronary (heart) arteries as a predictor of heart disease in four different ethnic groups. Caucasians, Blacks, Hispanics and Chinese all had the same responses to the observations.
A doubling of the calcium scores increased the risk of heart attack from 18 to 39% compared to those who had zero calcium in the arteries.
They concluded that any ethnic group can use this modality to asses their risk of heart disease and maybe they should.
Labels: calcium, cardio vascular health, l-arginine
posted by Dr. Joe @ 4/09/2008 07:16:00 AM
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I have read that Vitamin K acts like claws to remove calcium from the blood stream and shuttle it into the bones where it is needed. Do you recommend just the argenine? Or should we be adding vitamin K into our heart-healthy programs?
I'm not sure what to believe anymore. Last Monday, I had a heart cath that revealed I had 50-60% blockage in one artery, and 20% in the other 2. I am Type 1 diabetic, and have been on the 5 grams of L-Arginine for approx. 2 years. My calcium score was a 640. I had this done after mild chest discomfort.
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