Mike Leach hospitalized - passed away 12/12/22

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Volswin98 said:
Damn this is scary. Is there a screening for this like there there is for colon cancer?
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I just recently had a checkup, and my doctor was all in a tizzy about my cholesterol levels. Get some blood work done, and that’ll tell you a lot. The advice I got in a nutshell,was to eat better and get more exercise. Get my blood redone every 90 days. All we can do is all we can do.
 
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DaddyChad said:
Calcium scoring, Nuclear MPI, a few lab tests, etc with clinical history can tell a lot.
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Like a stress test? Does that really predict future cardiac death? Interesting.. I’m not surprised they’ve come along way since I studied it… it was pretty much EKGs, stress tests, and did you have a cardiac event or didn’t you? 😂
 
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LadyVolette said:
Like a stress test? Does that really predict future cardiac death? Interesting.. I’m not surprised they’ve come along way since I studied it… it was pretty much EKGs, stress tests, and did you have a cardiac event or didn’t you? 😂
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Most accurate non invasive test for coronary artery disease still although coronary CTA is starting to get close now. No matter how good a diagnostic test though there’s always going to be some misses.
 
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Brave Volunteer said:
You cant screen for artery blockage?
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Calcium score test is a scan and will show any plaque in the arteries around your heart. About. $150 out of pocket (insurance hasn’t covered it that I know of) is money well spent. Combine that with a nuclear stress test and those two paint a pretty good picture of where you’re at wrt any cardiac issues. You want to score a zero on the calcium score test. The higher the number may mean you need to start doing something soon.

The gold standard is an angiogram, but it’s difficult if not impossible to get insurance to sign off on that or the nuclear stress test and imaging unless you’ve had a heart event. It’s the dumbest thing in the world how insurance approaches heart health, particularly with men over 40. Other than that, once a year physical and run blood labs a couple of times a year. A supplement or compound called Bergamont (sp?) has helped my wife drop the bottom out of her cholesterol. Lots of “good fats” help as well.
 
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Vol737 said:
Calcium score test is a scan and will show any plaque in the arteries around your heart. About. $150 out of pocket (insurance hasn’t covered it that I know of) is money well spent. Combine that with a nuclear stress test and those two paint a pretty good picture of where you’re at wrt any cardiac issues. You want to score a zero on the calcium score test. The higher the number may mean you need to start doing something soon.

The gold standard is an angiogram, but it’s difficult if not impossible to get insurance to sign off on that or the nuclear stress test and imaging unless you’ve had a heart event. It’s the dumbest thing in the world how insurance approaches heart health, particularly with men over 40. Other than that, once a year physical and run blood labs a couple of times a year. A supplement or compound called Bergamont (sp?) has helped my wife drop the bottom out of her cholesterol. Lots of “good fats” help as well.
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Angio has got a lot better as well. We can go through the wrist now and risks go down quite a bit as well. Cardiac care has gotten a lot better.
 
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Brave Volunteer said:
You cant screen for artery blockage?
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Yes, but as far as just having a massive heart attack unexpectedly I don’t think so, plus doctors don’t run a lot of expensive tests routinely I don’t believe..there are a lot of things we just can’t control no matter how diligent.. you really can’t screen for artery spasm to my knowledge (which is what causes MI in some people rather than blockage).. Edit: you can test for chronic coronary spasm, but it can come out of nowhere..just asked a Doc
 
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DaddyChad said:
Most accurate non invasive test for coronary artery disease still although coronary CTA is starting to get close now. No matter how good a diagnostic test though there’s always going to be some misses.
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Doctors, medicine, and humans are not infallible, true.. and sometime sh!t just happens.. my husband got sent home from the ER with meclizine when he was actually having a CVA… fun times
 
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onevol74 said:
Wow!! Thought I would never see so many HIPPA violations in one thread on VolNation. The only likely source of any medical information would have to come from the family and I have not seen anything posted by them.
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I agree. Speculators don't know the trouble that can face them.
 
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Sorry to hear that. I liked the guy. I see this was already posted in the thread below. Sorry, should have checked first. Remove if needed.
 
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