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I have coronary artery disease. Is it reversible?
Query: Hi doctor, My medical condition, background information, current lifestyle and medications are as follows. My cardiac calcium score was over 4,500 before four years and is now over 9,400. Angioplasty before six months revealed mid right coronary artery stenosis of less than 50% and diffused LAD 20% ... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I assure you not to worry as everything is going to be fine if proper care and treatment is opted in for. I have thoroughly gone through your case and can well understand your genuine health concerns. Read Full »
Why my father have calcified plaques in coronary arteries?
Query: Hello doctor, My father had a stent surgery two months back. After that, he has been feeling a burning sensation and deep coughing. Yesterday at his CT scan, the left anterior descending artery had a calcified plaque with proximal LAD of moderate intensity of more than 70%, and also a densely calcif... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. If the patient had a stent surgery then why he is only on aspirin? He should be on dual antiplatelet, high dose statin, ACE (angiotensin-converting enzyme) inhibitor and a beta blocker. Please revise the medication chart. Consult your specialist doctor, discuss w... Read Full »
What is the treatment for coronary artery calcification?
Query: Hi doctor, I felt some chest discomfort for about three weeks. Last week, I had an ECG, blood tests, echo, stress test and CT angiogram and everything came back clear. But, there is something I am not sure about the CT angiogram. It is as follows. The heart is normal in size. No pericardial thickeni... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Your angiogram is perfectly normal (attachment removed to protect patient identity). Calcification is a normal phenomenon, which starts when we are at the age of 10 years. It starts with every individual and keeps on increasing gradually as time progresses. A calcificati... Read Full »
Is minor calcification in proximal LAD reversible?
Query: Hi doctor, I am 36 years old. 18 months ago, I experienced some mild chest pain and went to the ER. I had all the blood tests done, and it was determined that there was no heart attack and no blood clots. I have followed up with a local cardiologist in my place. He had me undergo a CT angiogram. He ... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I understand your concern. Firstly, this disease will not cause any symptoms, so none of your symptoms are related to this. However, there is a definite minimal plaquing with calcification (although they did not quantify its calcium score or percentage stenosis), whi... Read Full »
Query: Hi doctor, This patient is complaining of prolonged chest pain for three weeks now. Took medication for gastric issue and the pain has not subsided. I have attached the angiogram report. ECG performed several times and nothing abnormal in it. The angiogram report showed mid LAD 12 mm length and segm... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I appreciate your concerns and can well realize the sensitivity of the issues. There is considerable calcification of LAD (left anterior descending artery). If it reaches up to 75% that is quite possible in the near future, then complications and consequences can be seve... Read Full »
Is there non-invasive treatment for heart block with mitral valve calcification?
Query: Hello doctor, Three months back, an ECG detected a third-degree block with QT and QTc intervals out of the normal range. Rather than rush for a pacemaker, I turned to Ayurveda. A second ECG the next month found the block reduced to the second degree and the QT and QTc intervals normalized. But stil... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I have gone through your query. Your ECGs (electrocardiography) suggest complete heart block and second-degree heart block, respectively (attachment removed to protect patient identity). Echo information of mitral annular calcification is insufficient to com... Read Full »