Posted on 09/14/2016 10:27:32 PM PDT by Rufus Shinra
My experience with politicians is that some PR guy wrote it and then affixed the doctor’s name to it with the doctor’s acquiescence.
It appears that this Dr. Wolf is a scam post:
Per Johns Hopkins website:
CT scans may be done with or without “contrast.” Contrast refers to a substance taken by mouth or injected into an intravenous (IV) line that causes the particular organ or tissue under study to be seen more clearly. Contrast examinations may require you to fast for a certain period of time before the procedure. Your doctor will notify you of this prior to the procedure.
Patients with kidney failure or other kidney problems should notify their doctor In some cases, the contrast media can cause kidney failure, especially if the patient has underlying kidney problems or is dehydrated.
Diagnostic Indications: Noncontrast-Enhanced CT vs. IV Contrast
Noncontrast-enhanced CT is used in patients with head trauma and acute stroke. Unenhanced CT is also used in patients with spine and extremity trauma. High-resolution CT, which is used to evaluate diffuse lung disease, does not use IV contrast.
Let’s do our homework and stop being gullible. We too are being manipulated. Seek the facts.
Cardiac Computed Tomography (cardiac CT) is a painless, non-invasive test that allows high-resolution, three-dimensional visualization of the heart coronary arteries and other adjacent structures.
The two main types of cardiac CT are coronary artery calcium scoring and coronary CT angiography.
Per UNC Med website:
Coronary calcium scoring
In this test, which does not use X-ray contrast, pictures are taken of the heart to look for the presence of calcium deposits in the blood vessels of the heart or coronary arteries. Calcium deposits are a very specific sign of coronary artery disease, as is cholesterol and scar tissue buildup in the arteries. While the amount of calcium in the arteries increases with age, patients who have significantly elevated amounts of calcium deposits are at increased risk to have heart attacks or heart complications.
The confusion is when she used the term CTA when she should possibly have used CT for the calcium score
If a doctor (usually a cardiologist) wants to look at calcifications IN the coronary arteries a CCTA (Coronary CTA) is usually done and that involves contrast and usually Lopressor to lower the heart rate for the test. This test is done for patients complaining of chest pain or where blockages or heart disease are suspected. It’s a common test in many hospitals (mine included) and a good test to help avoid a heart cath, which is the most diagnostic test that can be done to check out your heart. CCTA shows % of blockages in each specific coronary and then an overall percentile score. BTW, with all the media that follows her around.....any of them vouch for her having a CT? Just curious.
One could read this as a CT and a CTA was performed.
The CT was for the chest and calcium score and the CTA was for the heart.
I have had several CT scans in Norway. They have always injected the contrast. It gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling.
He ran against Pat Roberts in the Republican primary a couple of years ago.
some of those reviews are anti-hillary people, and one recent glowing review. that said, she only has perhaps 3 legitimate reviews, and all are from several years ago.
she didn’t lose the shoe. the NYPD retrieved the shoe supposedly.
We can help lower that score for an obviously sub par doctor, IYKWIM.
While everyone concentrates on the CT scan, they seem to miss the qualifier “....has not developed new medical conditions this year....”. i.e. Any problems that she may have that existed prior to this year are not included in my report.
“CT (computerized tomography) scans can be without contrast or with contrast dye. CTA (computerized tomography angiogram) is with contrast, as this is designed to highlight blood vessels and adequacy of blood supply (can’t normally visualize blood vessels on X rays or CT without contrast dye).”
Very true. You need the contrast for the CTA in order to determine heart function, but not the chest. I would imagine that they first did a CT for the lungs and then did a CTA to determine if the fluid build up was from the right side of the heart is not working properly (right-sided heart failure), the slowed blood flow causes a buildup of fluid in the veins. The patient’s feet, legs, and ankles begin to swell. This swelling, called edema sometimes spreads to the lungs.
A Chair of Internal Medicine in an upscale environment is more of an administrator and is unlikely to be the main physician for anyone not high-profile. High-profile patients are not going to author web site reviews.
You are right. 99% oxygen is not possible for Hillary. Particularly if she was collapsing.
“A non-contrast chest CT scan, including a CTA calcium score, was performed.” - Dr. Bardack
What is a CTA?
CT angiography is a type of medical exam that combines a CT scan with an injection of a contrast media to produce pictures of blood vessels and tissues in a part of your body.
What are the reasons for a CTA?
You may need this medical test if you have an abnormality that involves the blood vessels of your brain, heart, lungs, kidneys, or other parts of your body. Doctors may use the information from this test to learn more about your condition and to decide the best way to treat you. Some reasons to have a CT angiogram include:
* To find an aneurysm (a blood vessel that has become enlarged and may be in danger of rupturing)
* To find blood vessels that have become narrowed by atherosclerosis (fatty material that forms plaques in the walls of arteries)
* To find abnormal blood vessel formations inside your brain
* To identify blood vessels damaged by injury
* find blood clots that may have formed in your leg veins and traveled into your lungs.
* To evaluate a tumor that is fed by blood vessels
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“There is no such thing as a ‘CTA calcium score’” - Dr. Wolf
Variation in atherosclerotic plaque composition according to increasing coronary artery calcium scores on computed tomography angiography. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20429033
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ICD code is the diagnosis code
——Would Hillary’s trusted physician, Dr. Bardack, have simply fabricated this medical letter-—
The good Doctor’s input to the document was only the signature at the bottom of the page. The rest was composed from within the bowels of the Clinton Propaganda machine
> One could read this as a CT and a CTA was performed.
I think you’re correct. Bardack’s use of “including” rather than “and” seems to have been misinterpreted by Wolf.
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