By Kit Maher, Samantha Waldenberg, NCS
(NCS) — President Donald Trump’s physician stated in a memo launched by the White House on Monday that his October medical imaging was of his cardiovascular and belly techniques and that each confirmed “perfectly normal” results.
“President Trump’s cardiovascular imaging is perfectly normal. There is no evidence of arterial narrowing impairing blood flow or abnormalities in the heart or major vessels. The heart chambers are normal in size, the vessel walls appear smooth and healthy, and there are no signs of inflammation, or clotting. Overall, his cardiovascular system shows excellent health,” Dr. Sean Barbabella’s memo says.
“His abdominal imaging is also perfectly normal. All major organs appear very healthy and well-perfused. Everything evaluated is functioning within normal limits with no acute or chronic concerns,” the memo continues.
The memo says the “advanced imaging was performed because men in his age group benefit from a thorough evaluation of cardiovascular and abdominal health.”
The president told reporters in October that he obtained an MRI at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, a go to the White House billed because the president’s “routine yearly checkup.” Trump underwent his annual bodily, nonetheless, in April.
After telling reporters he obtained an MRI, Trump stated they need to ask his medical doctors why he obtained the scan, however no cause was supplied. He stated Sunday he was open to releasing the results, though he stated he was unaware which half of his physique was examined within the scan.
“If they want to release it, it’s OK with me to release it. It’s perfect,” Trump instructed reporters aboard Air Force One.
Pressed by a reporter on which half of his physique the MRI examined, Trump stated, “I have no idea. It was just an MRI — what part of the body? It wasn’t the brain, because I took a cognitive test and I aced it.”
The feedback got here as Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz pushed for Trump to launch the MRI results in response to a Thanksgiving Truth Social publish through which the president criticized Walz through the use of a slur.
“Has anyone in the history of the world ever had an MRI assigned to them and have no idea what it was for, as he says?” Walz stated in an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
In early November, NCS’s Kristen Holmes requested White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt why Trump bought an MRI. Leavitt stated, “I’ll check back on that,” however no follow-up info was supplied.
“Every single day the president is in optimal physical health. This was a follow-up appointment, and we provided a detailed readout of that physical,” Leavitt stated.
Dr. Jonathan Reiner, a NCS medical analyst, stated Trump’s latest medical screening is just not normal process.
“There really is no preventative cardiac MRI,” Reiner, a heart specialist who handled former Vice President Dick Cheney for nearly 30 years, stated Monday. “This, obviously, was performed in response to some clinical concern.”
The White House introduced this summer season that Trump was identified with chronic venous insufficiency, a situation through which valves inside sure veins don’t work the best way they need to, which might permit blood to pool or acquire within the veins. Reiner stated testing of the guts can higher present whether or not issues with the organ were contributing to swelling within the legs.
It’s regular for folks to expertise adjustments as they age, he stated, and the rationale for the screening is “probably not so nefarious,” however it might be higher for the administration to be extra forthcoming with info to dispel considerations.
“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,” Reiner stated. “It’s easy to concoct all kinds of potential catastrophic reasons for lack of candor, which is why it’s just best to have the president’s doctor come out, answer a few questions and put the whole mystery to bed.”
This story and headline have been up to date with further developments.
NCS’s Betsy Klein and Deidre McPhillips contributed to this report.
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