My husband just had a well ness visit for his heart and found out he has calcium build up in his left ventrical. Now he is freaking out about it and we will follow up with our physician on next steps. In the interim what can I do to calm him and make this situation better? He is changing his diet and exercising will this help his situation?
Hi Dear User ! I have gone through your questions and I understand your concern. According to what you say, he has calcium deposit in his heart artery that shows that he has a condition we call Atherosclerosis. The coronary arteries (have calcium deposits in the plaque that are formed in his arteries wall). The amount of calcium that is in the wall we use to predict possible heart attack. If the calcium is more than 100 calcium It's likely to have heart attack, higher is the score, the higher are the chances to have heart attack. The good thing of having these examinations is that we can low the chance of further complications to happened (heart attack) with proper medication and lifestyle changes. The doctor will check the cholesterol level to see if you need medication for that. Yes eating healthy (reduce salt, fatty food) and regular exercises are very good for the heart and will help for the problem so inc outage him to do that. Wish these help. If you have any other questions please feel free to ask me.