Paul Saladino· MD
what may happen in that is they may have some soft plaque because mostly every human on the planet does because I might be repairing the arteries it's like at what point does the test become too sensitive you know what I mean
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what may happen in that is they may have some soft plaque because mostly every human on the planet does because I might be repairing the arteries it's like at what point does the test become too sensitive you know what I mean
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he had one of these scans done and he had soft black and he's like you know how do I have soft plaque and he was saying he called the medical director of the company and they're like you know it's actually a very very sensitive test and you do see that people will have soft plaque
I had no Advanced calcified bad plaque I had a calcium score of zero
there are other times when even if it is zero I still reflux into a coronary angiogram so a CT angiogram which does pull much more anatomic detail including the presence of soft plaque