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March 24 2005 Former President Bill Clinton talk show host Larry King latenight comedian David Letterman St Louis Cardinals' pitcher Darryl Kile What do they all have in common They all suffered from coronary
heart disease all diagnosed on the eve of catastrophe Should we regard their stories as hightech heart care success stories Or are they examples of the failure of early detection
With early detection of hidden coronary plaque there's less and less reason to suffer a heart attack or undergo bypass surgery Major heart procedures should become relics of the past claims cardiologist William Davis MD Davis believes that Clinton King Letterman and Kile could have easily painlessly and effectively averted the dangers of
heart disease likely even avoided the need for major heart procedures if given the right strategies The tools for circumventing even abolishing these previous factsoflife have advanced considerably and are available to every adult in the US Key among the right tools Davis says is a CT heart scan He details his views in his new book Track Your Plaque The only
heart disease prevention program that shows you how to use the new heart scans to detect track and control coronary plaque Dr Davis has successfully applied this approach in hundreds of his own patients
By measuring coronary plaque heart scans are an actual gauge of
heart disease itself unlike cholesterol and other risk factors which only suggest statistical risk for heart attack Davis explains
Bill Clinton underwent stress tests every year for five years during and following the end of his second term in office Exiting his last test I aced it he proudly declared Months later he appeared in the emergency room at New York HospitalColumbia with unstable chest pain symptoms Extensive blockages of all three coronary arteries 90 were diagnosed through a heart catheterization and Mr Clinton underwent a quadruple coronary bypass operation
USA Today reported that Dr Allan Schwartz chief of cardiology at the hospital said that given the extent of Clintons blockage there was a 'substantial likelihood that he would have suffered a substantial heart attack in the near future' Surgeon Craig Smith said that it was 'obvious relatively quickly that what he needed was an operation' After the surgery the doctors boasted of their success calling the procedure lifesaving Media reports glowed with descriptions of hightech hospital care
Davis asks What if Mr Clinton's
heart disease had been detected five or ten years earlier Could his nearfatal event been prevented Could he have avoided bypass surgery
Pitcher Kile's sad experience illustrates even more clearly the potential benefit of detecting hidden coronary plaque early Hidden coronary plaque is now as easy to detect as high blood pressure Davis says Tragedies like Kile's simply shouldn't happen anymore Early detection of silent
heart disease empowers you to take preventive action well before lifethreatening danger surfaces
There are now some 200 CT scanners nationwide with the capability of providing detailed and precise images of the coronary arteries A full listing of all scanners in the US is available at the wwwtrackyourplaquecom website Davis' book Track Your Plaque is available from Amazoncom Barnes and Noblecom bookstores and wwwtrackyourplaquecom
To interview Dr Davis call 4144561123
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