Can Heart Disease Be Reversed? A Cardiologist Discusses Plaque Scans and Cardiovascular Health
A personal health journey where the host shares his experience of discovering soft plaque in his arteries via a CT coronary angiogram in late 2024, followed by a surprising second scan 16 months later. He interviews Dr. Campbell Rogers, a Harvard-trained interventional cardiologist and Heartflow CMO, to discuss whether heart disease can be reversed, moving beyond traditional risk factor management (cholesterol, blood pressure) to what plaque scans actually reveal about cardiovascular health.
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In late 2024 I had a CT coronary angiogram that revealed a small amount of soft plaque in my arteries.
Sixteen months later I had a second scan, and the results genuinely surprised me.
For most of medical history we have managed heart disease by treating numbers: cholesterol, blood pressure, and risk scores.
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