Wow -- thank you for sharing this. I will push harder for my adults kids to get tested. I have extremely elevated Lp(a) scores and calcium scan score. Every time I see my cardiologist, all she says is, we are waiting for the clinical trials to be completed on the prescription drugs being developed to address this-- hopefully in the next 2 years or so. In the meantime, they prescribe statins. Insurance will not pay for an angiogram even though the cardiologist ordered it. I also follow Eric Topol on substack who recently wrote about the connection of certain types of inflammation markers that are much more highly correlated with cardiac events than high cholesterol. I am curious to know what you think about those studies at Scripps.
Hi Kira this type of response like the one you got from your cardiologist and your insurance company boggles my mind. Unfortunately it happens way too often. While there are PCSK9 inhibitors being tested, there is value in getting that angiogram done one way or the other and to make specific lifestyle changes. The inflammation markers suggested by Dr Topol are excellent but insurance won’t pay for those either. I suggest you push to get your ApoB tested in case you haven’t done so already. That is much more highly correlated to cardiac events and may give you more ammunition to get your insurance to pay. You may want to check out Function Health for their suite of markers they test is pretty comprehensive.
so two major issues - blood clogs and arterial calcification - both need to be checked up regularly on
lack of exposure to sun main reason for lack of vitamin d?
interesting - great share
Thank you Gautam for Ty our very thoughtful acknowledgment. I truly hope
It helps.
Wow -- thank you for sharing this. I will push harder for my adults kids to get tested. I have extremely elevated Lp(a) scores and calcium scan score. Every time I see my cardiologist, all she says is, we are waiting for the clinical trials to be completed on the prescription drugs being developed to address this-- hopefully in the next 2 years or so. In the meantime, they prescribe statins. Insurance will not pay for an angiogram even though the cardiologist ordered it. I also follow Eric Topol on substack who recently wrote about the connection of certain types of inflammation markers that are much more highly correlated with cardiac events than high cholesterol. I am curious to know what you think about those studies at Scripps.
Hi Kira this type of response like the one you got from your cardiologist and your insurance company boggles my mind. Unfortunately it happens way too often. While there are PCSK9 inhibitors being tested, there is value in getting that angiogram done one way or the other and to make specific lifestyle changes. The inflammation markers suggested by Dr Topol are excellent but insurance won’t pay for those either. I suggest you push to get your ApoB tested in case you haven’t done so already. That is much more highly correlated to cardiac events and may give you more ammunition to get your insurance to pay. You may want to check out Function Health for their suite of markers they test is pretty comprehensive.
Hope that helps.
Thanks for sharing such personal data for the larger good.