Dr. Sanjay Gupta, the chief medical correspondent for CNN, said on Wednesday that in his opinion, President Donald Trump’s medical tests reveal that he has heart disease.
According to Gupta, in 2009 President Trump started to take “tests that are actually looking for the presence of calcium in the blood vessels that lead to the heart.”
“Steadily, up until just this past week when he had it performed again, those numbers have gone up,” Dr. Gupta said. “When they get to a certain range … that means he has heart disease,” he added.
According to The Hill, Gupta talked about his interaction Tuesday with President Trump’s doctor, Navy Rear Admiral Dr. Ronny Jackson.
“It was interesting when I spoke to Dr. Jackson at first, he said, he passed all the tests with flying colors. When I asked him specifically about that test, did he then concede that, in fact, the president does have heart disease,” Gupta said.
“They’re going to be increasing the medications, including the cholesterol-lowering medications to try and combat that, but there’s no question, by all standards, by all metrics, anyway a doctor or cardiologist will look at it, the president does have heart disease.”
The doctor asserted, however, that the disease can be controlled with medication, but the president will need to have his diet under control.
“But he does have heart disease,” the doctor added in the end.
On Tuesday, Dr. Ronny Jackson gave Donald Trump a clean bill of health, declaring him physically and mentally fit for office. Jackson has been the presidential physician since 2013.
“His cardiac performance during his physical exam was very good, he continues to enjoy the significant, long-term cardiac and overall health benefits that come from a lifetime of abstinence from tobacco and alcohol,” Jackson commented on the president’s health.
Sanjay Gupta is a neurosurgeon with a real eye and passion for medical news. He is a highly respected journalist on CNN and was even offered the position of United States Surgeon General by President Barack Obama. He turned down the job because he wanted to focus on his family and current career.
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