NCS medical analyst Dr. Jonathan Reiner on Monday reacted to the newest “laughable” information surrounding President Donald Trump and his obvious well being points, and began with the complicated feedback from White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.
Trump visited Walter Reed Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, in October for his second “yearly” check-up this year. Leavitt advised reporters Monday that he had a “preventative MRI” to look at his coronary heart and stomach, which Reiner firmly objected to on “News Central.”
“Well, there really is no preventative cardiac MRI,” he told guest host Boris Sanchez.
“This is not a standard test for an 80-year-old man to undergo advanced imaging,” Reiner continued. “Boris, the whole note has kind of a weird and defensive, evasive tone to it. First of all, this is not part of the president’s comprehensive physical examination.”
Reiner famous that Trump had a check-up in April and one other in July. Trump lately advised reporters that the doctor gave him the “best result.” His doctor, Dr. Sean Barbabella, mentioned Monday that the president is in “excellent health.”
Trump advised reporters Sunday that he wouldn’t thoughts the “perfect” outcomes being made public.
Reiner, who served as heart specialist for former Vice President Dick Cheney, mentioned Monday that these developments differ starkly from Trump’s first administration, the place he “only underwent one comprehensive physical exam” per yr, as most presidents do.
“Dr. Barbabella, the president’s physician, states that he underwent advanced imaging,” he added. “Well, what specific advanced imaging did the president have? Was it an MRI, as the president said? Was it a CT? Did he have both? Why not just spell it out?”
A memo released by the White House Office of Communications mentioned the “advanced imaging” was preventative. Reiner mentioned that is “as if a patient came in for a chest X-ray, and then I only told people that the patient underwent simple radiologic imaging.”
The doctor went on to recommend that this newest check-up was “obviously” carried out because of “some clinical concern,” noting Trump is nearly 80 years outdated, “So instead of this kind of evasive, almost laughable kind of note, just spell out what happened.”
Trump was diagnosed in July with chronic venous insufficiency, a situation the place the leg veins are too broken to correctly ship blood again as much as the guts. Reiner famous that it’s usually “benign,” however that this could possibly be a motive for the a number of check-ups.
“Yes, you can use MRI to image the heart, to look for a thickening or stiffness, or infiltrative diseases of the heart,” he mentioned. “So if his team was doing it for that reason, well, that’s important to know. And that’s a more significant issue than simple preventative imaging.”
Reiner concluded, “But again, it just doesn’t seem to fit with reality and, you know, I think most physicians would basically agree that advanced imaging is not a routine part of an executive physical for a man or a woman of any age.”