A doctor tests out the hospital’s new CT scanner that evaluates the coronaries. What a surprise he found.
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An irresponsible hyped story. These scans have not been proven to be worth the radiation risk as screening tools. In fact, according to the story his exercise treadmill was positive. He could have done this test initially without the radiation and come to the same conclusion that he needed an agiogram.
wow! 5 of the blood vessels that supply blood to the aorta were clogged!
that’s a great find.
Anony 9:17PM –
Well said. But how is GE going to get their sales up if they don’t get more stories like this out?
Instead, they’d rather we not think. Remember, “You can make yourself crazy thinking too hard.”
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