Statin therapy could reduce calcium deposits in arteries: Study

ANI
Tuesday, June 10, 2003

Hong Kong - Lifestyle changes combined with statin
therapy can reduce calcium deposits in the heart arteries
of patients at risk of coronary artery disease who still
have no symptoms, according to a new study.

"The rate of progression of calcium scores was less.
Statin therapy, in addition to lifestyle modification,
induced a 32 per cent rate of reduction in the coronary
calcium scores in asymptomatic patients", said Victor K
Goh, consultant cardiologist at the Electron Beam Centre,
Matilda International Hospital in Hong Kong.

This study shows that early detection and treatment can
prevent coronary artery disease from progressing and, in
some cases, allows the disease to regress.

The EBT scan detects levels of calcium deposited on
cholesterol plaques in the arteries, which can
deteriorate and lead to blockages requiring
revascularization procedures such as angioplasty,
stenting or bypass surgery. A calcium score is then
ascertained by the amount of calcium discovered in the
arteries.

"If the patients have risk factors for coronary artery
disease and by electron beam tomography are found to have
coronary disease, then adopting a healthy lifestyle (a
diet and exercise programme) and being placed on statins
can do a lot to alleviate the problem", Goh noted.

The study involved 102 patients who underwent EBT in
1990-1992 then again 12 years later. All the participants
were at high risk for coronary artery disease and were
given physical examinations and calcium scores. Then they
were placed on statins and lifestyle modification
including diet, exercise and weight control.

The team found that almost one-third of the enrolled
patients taking statins and adopting lifestyle changes
had reduced calcification scores. "These patients did not
want stenting or surgical intervention, even if they were
found to have significant blockages. But treatment with
statins and aggressive life-style changes helped them
avoid revascularization procedures", Goh added.

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Would these be Ayurvedic statins?

Calcium deposits don't cause heart attacks.

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CORONARY CALCIUM DEPOSITS POINT TO INCREASED RISK

Diagnostic Imaging Online
August 19, 2001

Patients with major deposits of coronary calcium face a
substantially increased risk of heart attack, according
to a new study.  

In tracking the outcomes of patients imaged with
electron-beam CT scans, Mayo Clinic researchers in
Rochester, MN, found evidence that calcium deposits are
linked to heart disease. Only age and calcium scores
effectively predicted hard cardiac events -- myocardial
infarction and cardiac death -- in 288 heart patients who
were followed over a mean of 6.9 years. Angiographic
information, although essential to immediate treatment,
lacked long-term predictive value, as did a patient's
disease history and other risk factors.  

The findings, reported in the July 24 Circulation, are
consistent with previous studies of shorter duration that
found coronary artery calcification a good predictor of
heart attacks in people with chest pain. A 10-year study
in the 1980s -- using fluoroscopy rather than EBCT -- also
found a correlation between calcification and heart
attacks. "We've only had a glimpse, until now, of the
prognostic impact of calcium," said Dr. Robert S.
Schwartz, one of the study's authors and a professor of
medicine at Mayo. . . .
?[...]
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Statins are well-understood to decrease heart attack risk by stabilizing atheroscl{*filter*} plaques
primarily by shrinking the lipid core.  There are many who believe that the more calcified
atheroscl{*filter*} plaques are the most stable.  Dr. Colin Rose would be an example of someone who
subscribes to this idea.  You can Google up the threads where this has already been discussed.

Asked and answered.

We can discuss this later at 7:00 pm EST if you like.

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First, I would be surprised.

That would be expected.

I would say same.  I believe that folks like Dr. Colin Rose would say higher.

Imho, yes.

If you are, we can discuss the whys and wherefores of my comments at that time.

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Board-Certified Atlanta Cardiologist
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Statin therapy could reduce calcium deposits in arteries: Study

ANI
Tuesday, June 10, 2003

Hong Kong - Lifestyle changes combined with statin
therapy can reduce calcium deposits in the heart arteries
of patients at risk of coronary artery disease who still
have no symptoms, according to a new study.

"The rate of progression of calcium scores was less.
Statin therapy, in addition to lifestyle modification,
induced a 32 per cent rate of reduction in the coronary
calcium scores in asymptomatic patients", said Victor K
Goh, consultant cardiologist at the Electron Beam Centre,
Matilda International Hospital in Hong Kong.

This study shows that early detection and treatment can
prevent coronary artery disease from progressing and, in
some cases, allows the disease to regress.

The EBT scan detects levels of calcium deposited on
cholesterol plaques in the arteries, which can
deteriorate and lead to blockages requiring
revascularization procedures such as angioplasty,
stenting or bypass surgery. A calcium score is then
ascertained by the amount of calcium discovered in the
arteries.

"If the patients have risk factors for coronary artery
disease and by electron beam tomography are found to have
coronary disease, then adopting a healthy lifestyle (a
diet and exercise programme) and being placed on statins
can do a lot to alleviate the problem", Goh noted.

The study involved 102 patients who underwent EBT in
1990-1992 then again 12 years later. All the participants
were at high risk for coronary artery disease and were
given physical examinations and calcium scores. Then they
were placed on statins and lifestyle modification
including diet, exercise and weight control.

The team found that almost one-third of the enrolled
patients taking statins and adopting lifestyle changes
had reduced calcification scores. "These patients did not
want stenting or surgical intervention, even if they were
found to have significant blockages. But treatment with
statins and aggressive life-style changes helped them
avoid revascularization procedures", Goh added.

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Seeing as how this study was done by a proponent of EBCT technology, I'd be
dubious as to the researchers' motivations, and the results...

Are you an opponent of EBCT technology?  If so, then the
motivation behind your comment could be similarly suspect.

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Om Shanti

Not at all.  I (and many others I'm sure) would love it if there were a
reliable, accurate, and sensible non-invasive test for CAD.

Just show me the (objective) data !
:)

Was there  a control group who used aggressive lifestyle changes alone?

Dolores

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"Dr. Jai Maharaj" Information

This person's game is to use outdated articles to attract people to his
website, where he sells psychic services.  What's most amusing is that many
of the groups to which his messages are crossposted do not exist.  He
plagues many USENET groups.  His standard method of responding to an attack
on his credibility is to repost the original article or to post the sender's
personal contact information and threaten to report the sender to his/her
ISP for spamming or making threats (the very definition of irony).

Some info re: Jai Maharaj.

mantra.com
Mantra Corporation
P. O. Box 1919
Honolulu
HI, 96792-6919
US
IP Address 206.126.0.13 [flex.com]
Business Entity Name: MANTRA CORPORATION
Record Type: Master Name for a Domestic Profit Corporation
File Number: 82087 D1
Status: Active
Purpose: BUSINESS CONSULTING, MARKETING,ADVERTISING AND RELATED SERVICES
Place Incorporated: Hawaii UNITED STATES
Incorporation Date: 11/30/1990
Mailing Address: P O BOX 1919
WAIANAE Hawaii 96792-6919
United States of America
Officer Information
STEVENS,JAY R
MILLER,JOAN E
11/30/1990 Articles of Incorporation

Flex.com
206.126.0.0 - 206.126.15.255
P.O.Box 22481
Honolulu, HI 96823-2481
US

IP Address 206.126.0.13

Administrative Contact:
Wong, Delgory K.

+1-808-539-3790
ISP Flexnet, Inc.

Hawaii's First Public Access Internet Provider
IP Address: 199.201.240.1

hindu.org
Himalayan Academy
*107 Kaholalele Road*
Kapaa, HI 11111
US
IP Address 64.75.159.118

Boy, there's a lot of info out there on this guy...quite a few domains not
worth mentioning here...

This is interesting:
http://members.tripod.com/sid_e_slicker/india10.html
http://www.mantra.com/holocaust
http://mathquest.com/discuss/sci.math/a/m/387192/387198

His "real" name is supposed to be Jay Stevens.

There is an anti-Jay newsgroup too:

A member of the "flame Jay Stevens" group is
"Jose Mariachi", )another self-proclaimed "doctor"?)
"Mariachi" web site could be another bogus cash grab remarkably similar to
Stevens' site, mantra.com.

Here's a neat Jai FAQ [long but interesting]
http://www.geocities.com/drjosemariachi/jay_faq.html#bb
and a short version here:
http://www.vic.com/%7Edbd/minifaqs/jai.maharaj.miniFAQ

He made Kook of the Month for June of 1995 here:
http://www.lart.com/auk/whiners.html