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Agian, are you talking about the study I just posted a link to? It's a study in progress. It isn't even hoping to find a reversal of arterial calcification in humans (the reversal mentioned was in animal models); it's looking to see if K2 supplementation will slow down CAC progression. So...

Anyone interested in Vitamin K2 should keep an eye on this study and check the results when they are eventually (hopefully) published: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01002157

Thought you folks might find this to be of interest: https://www.medpagetoday.com/cardiology/pci/72136

I'm not really interested in going around and around with Pellicle on this one again. There will always be a hair to split, a minor phrasing to attach major importance to. Run a Google search on "Warfarin calcium progression" or "Warfarin CAC progression" or some such. You'll find a lot to...

Aren't they, though? I think every advertisement I have seen for the new On-X valve has mentioned the lower INR requirement.

If this is your reasoning for not having an emotional investment in this, it is flawed. Death by heart failure can be quite lingering and slow, and of course a stroke (ultimately caused by the same process that leads to high CAC) could just leave you WISHING you were dead. How lucky for you...

I would say that you seem to be assuming that I do that. Exactly.

Well, Esselstyn and his ilk would swear that you CAN in fact reverse calcification through diet and moderate exercise... And if it's possible to do it that way, then it should theoretically be possible to do it with medicine as well. But not any medicine we have at this time. I think the...

sfc1981 I actually know a fair amount about this. You are correct, there is a pretty good amount of evidence that Coumadin increases the rate of calcification or "plaque" formation in the coronary arteries and elsewhere. However for most people this is probably not a huge concern. Going...

#2 is good news, but it is NOT the same as a calcium score. You can have pristine aortic valve leaflets and very calcified coronary arteries, or vice-versa.

So I saw the complete report on the echo. I've had three of these things done so far. Every time they waffle on whether or not my valve is bicuspid. The most detailed report said my aortic valve was tricuspid but had "bicuspid morphology" due to "calcification of the non/left commissure"...

I have not seen all the numbers yet but I did learn that my VMax went from a 2.4 to an average of 2.3. If that keeps up, I'll never need surgery! :^) I'm calling it good news. Asked Tech to see if he thought my aortic valve was bicuspid or not and got a lot of confused waffling. My chart...

Indeed, some docs are probably trustworthy. My first cardiologist told me that my AVS was because of high cholesterol, and then later noted to my dentist (I read his note over the dentist's shoulder) that it was due to my being "morbidly obese" -- when I had never been morbidly obese, and in...

Never trust your cardiologist. All they REALLY know how to do is sort patients into one of three bins -- "Needs a Statin", "Doesn't Need a Statin (Yet)", and "Refer to a Surgeon". Anything beyond that is beyond them.

Here is some more good news (countered the bad news I read today that people with high Lp(a) are apparently have significantly faster AVS progression): http://clinchem.aaccjnls.org/content/63/11/1714 Last year it was learned that people with high Lp(a) have a significantly lower risk of "major...

Multifarious avenues of approach vie for attention as potential retorts to Seo's hectoring, lackadaisical teachings. Here's my side of the story: I indisputably allege that there is still a great deal about Seo's corporate history that has been concealed from the public. My views, of course, are...

Actually, this is really good news for me. I will be keeping my eye on this valve. I’ll probably need my replacement done around age 50, and considering the state the rest of my heart is in, another 20 years after that ought to do me just fine. The option for TAVR if/when it starts to go bad...

LDL below 70. Niacin - as you may remember, I started taking this and then noticed that my fasting blood glucose was in the prediabetic range, and learned that niacin can raise fasting blood glucose. Am currently experimenting with home glucometer - dropped the niacin and did not notice a huge...

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29301785 "Despite intensive lipid therapy, aimed at aggressively lowering LDL-C to <70 mg/dL, carotid atherosclerosis continued to progress as assessed by carotid magnetic resonance imaging and that elevated Lp(a) levels were independent predictors of...

Agian, where is this verified? I've seen some confusion on whether or not K2 supplements could be taken or were effective while on Coumadin, but it may well be that it was just from people who were -- confused.