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Is still a serious disease that continues to kill life. And tend to increase with Observable symptoms are chest pain and tired, unable to exercise or can-do daily activities The death of coronary artery disease often has a sudden myocardial infarction. Because there is an accumulation of fat in the vascular wall and there is an accumulation of calcium or limestone Which is one of the reasons why the blood vessels are stiff and narrowed

The detection of calcium or limestone in the coronary artery (Coronary Calcium Score) is to check the amount of calcium at the wall of the coronary artery. By using a high-speed computer x-ray machine (CT Scan), it takes little time to check and provides high accuracy. Usually, the calcium caught at the coronary artery wall is not only born. Or from degenerative blood vessels but can also be born in people with arterial problems, such as abnormal blood vessel fat There is fat on the vascular wall, causing chemical reactions, causing fat. Catch the water pipe to create narrow blood vessels and increase the risk of acute myocardial infarction from acute blood vessels

Therefore, the detection of calcium or limestone in the coronary artery Therefore calculating the amount of calcium that sticks within the artery wall to indicate the likelihood of coronary heart disease Before having an acute myocardial infarction from acute blood clots Which has a high chance of death

• Family history of coronary heart disease
• Males aged 45 years and over and females aged 50 years and over.
• Women with menopause
• Have high blood pressure, diabetes• Smoking
• Abnormal vascular fat, cholesterol (cholesterol) (normal < 200 mg. /D.)
• Triglyceride (normally < 150 mg. /D.)
• High in L D L (ldl-c) fat, should be <130 mg. /D.
• Low HDL fat (hdl-c), should be >45 mg. /D.
• Non-exercise / Body Mass Index (Body Mass Index>30 kg /m2) / Stress

The measurement of calcium in the coronary artery takes about 10 minutes to check. It is a test that does not hurt. No need to sleep in the hospital. Including the image obtained from this examination will be sharp because the machine has a high capture speed. In addition, it can capture images while the heart beats well. And tell the amount of limestone accumulated in the coronary artery wall, how much is it? Risk of coronary artery disease? The doctor can therefore be used as an analysis data. And assess the risk of the patient to decide the appropriate treatment for each patient

The results of the Calcium Score are between 0-400, meaning that there is a low to moderate chance of coronary heart disease. The results of the Calcium Score is from 400 or more. There may be a hidden coronary artery. Within 2-5 years, the risk of coronary artery is very high. Even if there are symptoms or not When checking, it should be strictly followed by the doctor. With other practices as follows

1. Change behaviour to reduce risk factors such as refraining from smoking or reducing the amount. Eat low-energy food, high fiber (vegetables, fruits), avoid food or refrain from high saturated fat foods such as quail eggs, all kinds of shellfish, all kinds of shrimp, mayonnaise, liquid butter, cream, hard margarine, reduce food with coconut milk. And all kinds of fried food Limit drinking tea, coffee, soft drinks only 1-2 times a week, etc.

2. Consult a doctor to take care of your health, especially those with high blood pressure, diabetes, including those who have some chest pain. You should consult a specialized heart doctor for consultation. Assess the coronary arteries by walking the belt at least once a year.

3. Exercise regularly, more than 150 minutes / week.

4. Take care of mental health, try to be happy, not serious, irritable.

However, if there are abnormal symptoms, please observe, such as chest pain and shortness of breath, dizziness, numbness, fainting, palpitations, chest pain until sweating. You should consult a doctor to screen for heart disease risk before late.