Hi,
Last Jan, my husband had a cardiology consult (at my insistence) for evaluation of cardiac risk factors. He is about 30# overwt, on Avapro, and his dad died at age 50 of a sudden massive MI without any previous warning signs. He doesn't smoke or drink.
His doc did a HS CRP at that time. We were never told the result. In fact we were told if we don't hear anything, everything is ok.
We got the result yesterday, quite by accident with his routine lipid profile done 2 weeks ago.
Results: TC-214, trig-107,HDL-48, LDL-145, VLDL-21
His HS CRP from Jan 2004 was noted as abnormal, at 0.202 (0.0-0.07 normal for this lab) with the note that he is in the 4th quintile. Risk for CVE 1.7
His family doctor didn't make mention of it, either. Just sent a diet sheet for a low fat diet, along with the lab report.
Shouldn't he be on low dose aspirin? Any furthur testing indicated? I'm quite worried that no one seems to think he is at risk for an MI.
I can't get him worked up about it, because the cardiologist and his family doctor don't seem interested or even concerned enough to mention it.
Your opinion?