Peter Attia· MD
atherosclerosis is is can be present even without a single shred of calcium
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atherosclerosis is is can be present even without a single shred of calcium
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that little speck of calcium shows up in the wall uh of the artery um and then we're also looking for sort of soft plaque as well and fortunately there hasn't been any but that's you know soft plaque doesn't show up anywhere in the calcium score so you can have a significant burden of cardiovascular disease without any calcium