CAC score can decrease over time in a notable proportion of people. In a study by Lee et al. 2009 (1), CAC score decreased in about 20% of the subjects during the 24 months of the observation period. Interventions capable of decreasing CAC score should, therefore, exist. The goal is to identify them.
Tag: Non-zero CAC score in a healthy person
When he is 85, his biological age is 33. The “Optimal Phenotype” explained.
Each of the dots represents a real living person. The traced pathways are, therefore, something real and achievable. You can live this life and never be biologically older than 33.
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Consulting Programs: Preventing, slowing the progression and reversing arterial calcification (CAC score).
“In this consulting program, our goals are as follows:
– to identify the biomarkers that are most likely to be associated with unhealthy arterial aging, accelerated atherosclerosis and arterial calcification;
– to identify possible gross errors in nutrition, exercise, supplements, and medication that may lead to unhealthy arterial aging, accelerated atherosclerosis and arterial calcification;”
Dr. Malcolm Kendrick is critical of coronary artery calcium (CAC) score and other “preventive screening”.
Should you do coronary artery calcium scan? Dr. Malcolm Kendrick is skeptical about preventive screening in general and about CAC score.