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<<A Tale of Two Presidents: Bush, Clinton Medical Teams See Heart Disease Differently
Tuesday December 21, 9:15 am ET
Detroit Physician Says Bush Relies on Validated, FDA-approved EBT Technology to Find Heart Disease, While Clinton Relied on Traditional Risk Factors and Stress Tests
DETROIT, Dec. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- President George W. Bush and former President Bill Clinton are both 58 years old and -- like millions of American men -- affected by heart disease. But both have followed very different "campaign strategies" when it comes to their heart health.
Dr. Marc Kahn, medical director of EBT-Heart & Body Imaging (www.ebtheartandbody.com) in Detroit, said Bush and Clinton have taken drastically different approaches to the early detection and prevention of heart disease -- and the results offer a valuable lesson in preventing heart attacks.
While Bill Clinton is still recovering from quadruple bypass surgery he had in September, even after years of traditional stress tests showed no signs of early heart disease. President Bush just completed his annual physical, which included an EBT (electron beam tomography) heart scan showing a clear picture of the President's coronary arteries.
"The difference in approach for the early detection of heart disease in these two men is striking," said Kahn. "The first sign of heart disease for half of all Americans is a heart attack or death. That's obviously not an acceptable approach for President Bush's physicians, who chose the calcium scoring capabilities of the EBT heart scan to identify signs of early heart disease."
Kahn said that Clinton's medical team relied on outdated stress test technology, which failed miserably at detecting early heart disease; the result was emergency quadruple bypass surgery following the onset of chest pain. Bush's medical team -- in contrast -- used the EBT heart scan to reveal that the President had minor coronary artery calcification -- a sign of early stage heart disease that is now being treated with medication.
"The medical community and insurance providers continue to tell the public that traditional stress tests are the best method for detecting heart disease in intermediate risk patients," said Kahn. "That's just plain wrong. Valid, published, peer-reviewed clinical studies tell a different story, and patients can learn a valuable lesson from what happened to Bill Clinton after years of traditional heart disease prevention and detection from physicians who ought to know better."
Kahn said that as long as this issue is ignored, patients will continue to demand services such as the EBT heart scans provided at his and other EBT centers around the county.
Reliance on risk factor analysis for heart disease is outdated and dangerous, according to Kahn. In addition, the conventional stress test -- aimed at detecting blocked arteries -- failed to detect artery blockage in more than half of all patients participating in a recent study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC).(1)
"Calcium scoring measured by EBT heart scans is the best way to detect blocked arteries," explained Kahn. "And it can identify -- early in the progression of heart disease -- those who are at risk for future heart attacks."
Kahn said that while more heart scans may be covered by insurance in the future, his centers still attract large numbers of patients, including many from Canada, who want to take an intelligent, informed approach to healthcare instead of waiting for outward symptoms of disease to appear. For more information on the EBT heart scan, visit www.ebtheartandbody.com.
About EBT-Heart & Body Imaging
EBT-Heart & Body Imaging in Detroit and Michigan Heart Imaging in Flint offer lung, heart, and full body scans as well as virtual colonoscopy and traditional CT scanning. EBT-Heart & Body physicians, technologists and professional staff bring personal care in a warm and friendly setting, treating each patient as an individual. For more information bout EBT-Heart & Body Imaging, call 248-358-3225; for more information about Michigan Heart Imaging, call 810-733-6182. The information contained in this press release is not meant to provide medical advice or treatment. Please consult with your doctor or other healthcare professional or contact EBT-Heart & Body Imaging.
(1) JACC. 2004; Vol 44; No. 4; 923-930. >>
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/041221/latu024_1.html
Tuesday December 21, 9:15 am ET
Detroit Physician Says Bush Relies on Validated, FDA-approved EBT Technology to Find Heart Disease, While Clinton Relied on Traditional Risk Factors and Stress Tests
DETROIT, Dec. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- President George W. Bush and former President Bill Clinton are both 58 years old and -- like millions of American men -- affected by heart disease. But both have followed very different "campaign strategies" when it comes to their heart health.
Dr. Marc Kahn, medical director of EBT-Heart & Body Imaging (www.ebtheartandbody.com) in Detroit, said Bush and Clinton have taken drastically different approaches to the early detection and prevention of heart disease -- and the results offer a valuable lesson in preventing heart attacks.
While Bill Clinton is still recovering from quadruple bypass surgery he had in September, even after years of traditional stress tests showed no signs of early heart disease. President Bush just completed his annual physical, which included an EBT (electron beam tomography) heart scan showing a clear picture of the President's coronary arteries.
"The difference in approach for the early detection of heart disease in these two men is striking," said Kahn. "The first sign of heart disease for half of all Americans is a heart attack or death. That's obviously not an acceptable approach for President Bush's physicians, who chose the calcium scoring capabilities of the EBT heart scan to identify signs of early heart disease."
Kahn said that Clinton's medical team relied on outdated stress test technology, which failed miserably at detecting early heart disease; the result was emergency quadruple bypass surgery following the onset of chest pain. Bush's medical team -- in contrast -- used the EBT heart scan to reveal that the President had minor coronary artery calcification -- a sign of early stage heart disease that is now being treated with medication.
"The medical community and insurance providers continue to tell the public that traditional stress tests are the best method for detecting heart disease in intermediate risk patients," said Kahn. "That's just plain wrong. Valid, published, peer-reviewed clinical studies tell a different story, and patients can learn a valuable lesson from what happened to Bill Clinton after years of traditional heart disease prevention and detection from physicians who ought to know better."
Kahn said that as long as this issue is ignored, patients will continue to demand services such as the EBT heart scans provided at his and other EBT centers around the county.
Reliance on risk factor analysis for heart disease is outdated and dangerous, according to Kahn. In addition, the conventional stress test -- aimed at detecting blocked arteries -- failed to detect artery blockage in more than half of all patients participating in a recent study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC).(1)
"Calcium scoring measured by EBT heart scans is the best way to detect blocked arteries," explained Kahn. "And it can identify -- early in the progression of heart disease -- those who are at risk for future heart attacks."
Kahn said that while more heart scans may be covered by insurance in the future, his centers still attract large numbers of patients, including many from Canada, who want to take an intelligent, informed approach to healthcare instead of waiting for outward symptoms of disease to appear. For more information on the EBT heart scan, visit www.ebtheartandbody.com.
About EBT-Heart & Body Imaging
EBT-Heart & Body Imaging in Detroit and Michigan Heart Imaging in Flint offer lung, heart, and full body scans as well as virtual colonoscopy and traditional CT scanning. EBT-Heart & Body physicians, technologists and professional staff bring personal care in a warm and friendly setting, treating each patient as an individual. For more information bout EBT-Heart & Body Imaging, call 248-358-3225; for more information about Michigan Heart Imaging, call 810-733-6182. The information contained in this press release is not meant to provide medical advice or treatment. Please consult with your doctor or other healthcare professional or contact EBT-Heart & Body Imaging.
(1) JACC. 2004; Vol 44; No. 4; 923-930. >>
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/041221/latu024_1.html
