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 stomach programs 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 motive was offered. 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 put up wherein the president criticized Walz by utilizing 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 received an MRI. Leavitt stated, “I’ll check back on that,” however no observe-up data was offered.
“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.
The White House introduced in July that Trump was identified with chronic veinous insufficiency, a situation wherein valves inside sure veins don’t work the way in which they need to, which might permit blood to pool or gather within the veins.
About 150,000 persons are identified with it every year, and the danger goes up with age.
NCS Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta instructed NCS’s Jake Tapper in September that persistent venous insufficiency shouldn’t be unusual in older adults. He stated it’s a situation that forestalls blood from “leaving the extremities as well as it should” and causes swelling.
This story and headline have been up to date with further developments.
NCS’s Betsy Klein contributed to this report.
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