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To: dylan murphy who wrote (970)	8/23/2008 11:10:05 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 39297

Where does a 330 score rate? Should everyone be at zero? Whats the high score, as in someone with major blockage? If your score is zero, you have no arterial plaque, and therefore no heart disease. No matter what you lipid panel, etc indicates. The score is in relationship to age. Once you start showing plaque, it grows. As much as 30% a year. The more plaque, the worse higher the percentage of getting a heart attack. My score, found at age 72, is considered "moderate." A score of "7" found at age 32, could stop you from getting Life Insurance. The EBT scanner, which was the first one 20 years ago that could measure plaque, was very slow in being accepted by Doctors. Most Doctors today in the US still don't use it. What you are reading here is waaay ahead of what the typical Heart Doctor is using today. That's because they don't keep up with anything that isn't pushed by the Pharm reps. They are conservative, and they just don't have the time. I am acting on the basis that it is possible to "cure" Heart Disease. That is, to stop the growth in plaque. Most Doctors work on the basis that this is not possible, and "treat" heart disease. All the way to the body bag.