I read this and just had to respond to it. One of things I want to know is if you have had a CIMT done. I work with doctors and patients through a company called HeartSmartIMT here in LA. I work with The Berkely Heart people and have a running relationship with them because we find that our clients are the same people in the medical community. Please go to http://www.HeartSamrtIMT.com and look at the site. What worries me about your profile is that it sounds like you are a canidate for the silent killer, soft plaque. What we look for is totally different from what is looked for on a calcium score and the only other thing that gives the information that this does is the 64 slice ct. This is non invasive and takes 10 minutes. What we measure are the two interior walls of the carotid for thickening. We look at inflammation levels, can tell you the actual state or level of cardiovascular disease, and then even more importantly can tell you if you have plaques and what the integrity of them is, calcified, heterogeneous, or soft. I will get you a free scan from us if I can. We work with a mobile imaging service there in Denver. Give me a call if you are interested, but please do this. We work with some of the top cardiologists who use our technology as a baseline in determiming efficacy in treating their patients with CVD and reversing disease but we shine in is exposing disease in the aymptomatic patient. Call me or e-mail me, Mark has my number.

Stevi