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Russert's Death Deemed Preventable: What You Need to Ask Your Doctor

Dr. William Davis
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Mr. Russert had a heart scan in 1998. Score: 210. What does that mean?It means that Mr. Russert’s untimely death was every bit as predictable as knowing when the next football season is likely to begin. Heart scans provide a precise, measurable index of coronary atherosclerotic plaque. They pro...
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    Perry AKins
    Thursday, June 19, 2008 at 10:56 AM

    In this article about Mr. Russert's death, there is not one mention of what more Mr. Russert could have done to possibly prevent his untimely death.

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    Janet McGee
    Thursday, June 26, 2008 at 04:40 PM

    As a heart patient myself, I am always amazed by all the press "after the fact". I had my first heart by-pass on 7-5-1996 at age 51, second by-pass and mitral valve replacement on 9-18-1997. Murphy's Law as continued to ride on my shoulder. It has been an incredibly long 11 years. Even if a patient does enough research and learns their own body and tries to help themselves I found it almost impossible to get the medical society to pay any attention. My doctors just thought I was a big pain in the backside and they had more important things to do. There egos get in the way and they are insulted that I might know my body better than them. I have been through 2 angioplasties, 2 blood transfusions, and 6 years of incredible pain in the feet and legs due a reaction to plavix with my coumadin, aspirin and naproxen. I am only alive today because of my own stubborness. After my last blood transfusion, I said under no circumstances would I take plavix again. That was 2 years ago and I am doing better than I had in a very long time. I am slowly improving, but it has certainly taken its toll on me. I feel the medical society failed me miserably. I would write a book regarding my journey living with familial high cholesterol if I thought it would help one person or family dealing with this problem.

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