Dr. Paddy Barrett

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

“Cholesterol does not cause heart disease.“ “ “Statins do not prevent heart attacks.” In the middle of this hurricane of noise are people who just want to know what to do so they don’t have a heart attack at a young age. 40 year old male with a family history of heart disease.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Even those who are pulled forward in their diagnosis of type 2 diabetes still get a significant reduction in the risk of heart disease. The most accurate way (But not the only way) to answer this question is whether or not you have plaque in your coronary arteries. But WAY less often than you think. in absolute risk terms.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

APRIL 5, 2024

Preventing or delaying the onset of coronary artery disease is a great strategy for living longer. The challenge is that the things you do to prevent heart disease are unlikely to pay dividends for a very long time—many years if not decades. This is a program that starts the day of your heart attack. N Engl J Med.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Reversing or regressing coronary artery disease is possible. You cannot eliminate the plaque entirely, but multiple clinical trials have shown plaque regression using high-intensity cholesterol-lowering treatments, which I have discussed previously. REVERSAL Investigators. 2004 Mar 3;291(9):1071-80.

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DAIC

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Cleerly, a digital healthcare company focused on heart disease, has announced continued strong scientific evidence supporting the clinical utility of its products, detailing a study published online on Jan. 25, 2024 in the European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging. With Plaque Features Associated with False Positives.

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DAIC

JANUARY 23, 2024

Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), caused by plaque buildup in arterial walls, is one of the leading causes of disability and death worldwide.1,2 1,2 ASCVD causes or contributes to conditions that include coronary artery disease (CAD), cerebrovascular disease, and peripheral vascular disease (inclusive of aortic aneurysm).3

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

AUGUST 1, 2023

A CTCA provides much more anatomical detail and can identify advanced plaque often missed by CT Coronary Artery Calcium Score scans alone. This approach also reduces death from heart disease and heart attacks by 41% compared to conventional approaches such as exercise stress testing 2. More often than you would think!

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