The Medium Risk Grey Area - Ajit Patel Goldshield, Ajit Patel UK, Ajit Patel Wellness

Heart Disease risk varies a great deal and those who are at a high risk of heart related problems are of course offered a full spectrum of drugs and treatments to counter this likelihood. There’s an issue when it comes to those who’ve only got a medium risk of developing issues. These people have a good chance of never having problems and if they’re treated with the same drugs as those who really need them, the chances of nasty side-affects outweigh the possible benefits of the drugs. So for an older gentleman who’s had one heart attack already, has high cholesterol and blood pressure any negative side-effects of the drugs will matter less because he’s at such high risk of heart problems and even death. For a younger man who’s a bit overweight and not much else, those same side-effects could cause much more harm than any heart issues ever do. Nobody’s really 100% sure how people in this medium risk grey area should be treated.
A new study in the USA has been working to help solve this problem. It set out to find whether a CT assisted calcium test would help predict the likelihood of a heart attack or a stroke in this medium risk group. The scan would detect the levels of coronary calcium a patient had and from that, those with higher levels would be offered cholesterol lowering drugs.
The calcium CT test was fond to be more accurate at predicting coronary events than a C-reactive protein test, but only just. 13% of those with the very highest levels of calcium went on to suffer a heart attack or similar. This isn’t really enough to make this into a major form of screening but it’s a step in the right direction.

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