Thanks for the post. I am a family doctor with 20 years of experience and am most passionate about motivating patients to make lifestyle changes for their health. I personally had a CAC done last year since my LDL and Apo B and coronary inflammatory markers were slightly above normal...despite everything I knew to do lifestyle wise. The …
Thanks for the post. I am a family doctor with 20 years of experience and am most passionate about motivating patients to make lifestyle changes for their health. I personally had a CAC done last year since my LDL and Apo B and coronary inflammatory markers were slightly above normal...despite everything I knew to do lifestyle wise. The CAC was a useful tool for further risk stratification to help med decide if I needed a statin for the rest of my life. Fortunately my CAC was zero and so I felt reassured to not take a statin and continue with my healthy lifestyle. I have found I'm not alone. I tend to target patients age 45-60 who have borderline lab results. We talk about the pros/cons of simply starting a statin, making lifestyle interventions or getting more information with a CAC. Most of my patients elect to start lifestyle interventions and monitor their numbers first. There have been a handful of times I've ordered a CAC and found the results useful to better counsel my patient.
Thanks for the post. I am a family doctor with 20 years of experience and am most passionate about motivating patients to make lifestyle changes for their health. I personally had a CAC done last year since my LDL and Apo B and coronary inflammatory markers were slightly above normal...despite everything I knew to do lifestyle wise. The CAC was a useful tool for further risk stratification to help med decide if I needed a statin for the rest of my life. Fortunately my CAC was zero and so I felt reassured to not take a statin and continue with my healthy lifestyle. I have found I'm not alone. I tend to target patients age 45-60 who have borderline lab results. We talk about the pros/cons of simply starting a statin, making lifestyle interventions or getting more information with a CAC. Most of my patients elect to start lifestyle interventions and monitor their numbers first. There have been a handful of times I've ordered a CAC and found the results useful to better counsel my patient.