Can You Reverse Heart Disease? What My Plaque Scans Showed | Dr Campbell Rogers
About this episode
Dr. Campbell Rogers discusses the implications of plaque scans in heart disease management and the reliability of such results.
In late 2024 a CT scan revealed a small amount of soft plaque in my arteries. Sixteen months later I scanned again, and my plaque volume had dropped by around forty percent. In this episode I ask the cardiologist behind the technology whether a result like that can really be trusted. Dr Campbell Rogers is an interventional cardiologist, a former Harvard faculty member who ran the cath lab at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and now Chief Medical Officer at Heartflow. What we cover: The difference between a calcium score, a CT coronary angiogram, and AI plaque analysis Why a calcium score of zero does not mean you are free of disease What my own scans showed, and why Campbell believes the result Soft versus calcified plaque, and why calcification can be a sign of stabilisation Treating the plaque you can see rather than just an ApoB number Who should consider getting scanned, and the honest trade-offs This is a conversation about seeing a disease we used to only guess at, held with the right amount of scientific humility. If you want to understand your own heart health, I think it is well worth your time. If you enjoy the show, please take a moment to rate and review The Proof on…
People in this episode
Host: Simon Hill
Guest: Dr Campbell Rogers
Topics covered
- heart disease
- plaque scans
- cardiology
- health technology
- AI in medicine
Keywords
- heart health
- plaque volume
- calcium score
- CT scan
- AI plaque analysis
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Heartflow, Harvard, Brigham and Women's Hospital
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