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Heart Scan Results, including LVH

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herrubermensch

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So I have a horrible family history of premature coronary artery disease. Men in my family generally die in their early 60s from heart attacks without warning. Given that I’m only five or so years away from that witching hour, my doc and decided that I should have a CT coronary scan with contrast.

Well, I just got the results and…damn if my heart and arteries aren’t perfect. A ZERO calcium score on a scale of 0 to 5, with 1 being minimal, 2 being mild, 3 being moderate, and so on. And no left ventricular hypertrophy, which is a particular bugaboo for AAS users. So I’m breathing a huge sigh of relief this afternoon and of course headed to the gym, flush with the knowledge that my heart can take it!

Onward and upward, apparently for some time to come!
 
Great news!!!

Glad to hear it! Off the top of your head… do you have any particulars as to why you’re the stand out? All this stuff interests me.
 
Thank you! And that’s a great question. My dad was an All American football player back in the days when they played without face masks and played on a national championship team. He had forearms the size of tree trunks, matted with hair. He was a man’s man. But he died from premature CAD and a heart attack. He was a smoker and didn’t exercise much late in life and “ate the buffet” as they say. So he had a bunch of risk factors. But at the end of the day, I think genetics really is the beginning and end of this stuff. I did not inherit my dad’s physiology. I don’t have his size or his strength or any of his physical characteristics–I literally have never had any hair on my arms at all (not a great thing in middle school, BTW). So I think I just hit the genetic jackpot. Not a very satisfying answer, I know, but I think that’s it. Of course, I also exercise, eat better than my dad, don’t smoke, etc. But I think genetics is what did it for me.
 
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And no left ventricular hypertrophy,
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Wooohooooo!

This is an interesting finding on so many. The AAS use.

But in a study a few years ago, marathon runners and weightlifters absent AAS also showed LVH.

Either way. So excited for your perfect heart health! This is huge.
 
herrubermensch said:
I think genetics really is the beginning and end of this stuff.
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David Sinclair (Harvard aging specialist) says genetics play about 20% of our health, and our actions and life choices make up the rest. Diet exercise sleep etc.
 
Thanks, @NeuroRN ! I knew you would appreciate the findings. I was aware of that study about marathon runners and weightlifters, but also as to the theory that AAS contributes to LVH. Given that I’ve been a cross-country runner and weightlifter and may have used AAS from time to time (!), I was legitimately concerned. But I lucked out. As I said above, I think I won the genetic lottery in this respect.
 
NeuroRN said:
genetics play about 20% of our health, and our actions and life choices make up the rest
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Interesting. I was focusing more on heart health specifically, and in that context, my docs have always noted that genetics is a nearly dispositive factor. Of course, I would like very much to believe otherwise!
 
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All very interesting to me. I analyze the difference in me and my dad and mom a lot… life choices genetics etc.

I’m so glad you’re “healthy”. I know this don’t mean much to some of the younger folks… it didn’t to me when I was a rootn tootn young buck.
 
It came to the forefront to me as I got closer and close in age to when my grandfather and father had heart attacks and died. It’s hard thinking that your life is limited to five or six more years at most. Sword of Damocles hanging over your head.
 
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