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high calcium score on CT

I am 69 and have a calcium score of over 2000. I am on lovastatin and my cholest is 177, hdl 58, ldl 103. I excersize for 45-1hr of light running and walking. 5'10' weighing 160lbs.    Has anyone seen these high numbers?
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While i don't have any direct pain so far,I am starting to look for other signs(ie i have a little numbness in my left hand fingers, and maybe some tightness in chest((not sure))). I do have an appointment this week with a cardiologist. Not all these drs know about the calcium score and the VAP tests. I am not looking foward to a angiogram-if that is what he suggests. I wonder if there is another test,non invasive, that can also show the blood flow and any blockage. I guess he probably will start with the thalium stress terst(i have no problem taking that test). What to do???
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Yes, there was one person on here with an Agatston score of over 3000. Myself, I am only a pauper at 1241. Do you have Angina? Has anybody told you yet what the degree of blockage in any of your coronary arteries actually is or are you in the dark about that just like me?
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