Re: Russert

On Jun 14, 1:33 am, katycren <Katyc...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
On Jun 13, 11:35 pm, Maybe <Maybeso...@xxxxxxx> wrote:





On Jun 13, 6:36�pm, Brady <watercl...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Larry seemed kind of sleepy tonight.

Well, I think he had an "already in the can" piece with Steve Carell
set for tonight and had to come in to do the Tim Russert thing so
maybe they called him during his nap.

What surprised me and I think Larry King was that he had no prior
history of heart disease and had his last stress test April 29.  AND,
his doctor said that if he had had the stress test yesterday, it
wouldn't have shown anything abnormal.  So here we are -- people with
heart disease -- getting a stress test every year or every six months
and it didn't detect the problem.  He asked a couple of people on the
panel about that and they kind of shrugged it off.

Maybe...who is going to talk to her cardiologist at her next
appointment

But couldn't someone have coronary artery blockages that wouldn't show
up on a stress test?
Actually, I'm thinking of Dave's massive heart attack. Since Dave was
(and, I assume, still is) in good shape, wasn't overweight, and, most
importantly, exercised regularly, if he had a stress test back then,
it would have been normal. But (I'm making more assumptions) since his
doctors knew his father died of a sudden heart attack when in his
fifties, they were extra careful and perhaps ordered a balloon
angiogram test for that reason. The test showed blockages that could
kill him any time so they immediately ordered bypass surgery. I saw
something about Russert dying from cholesterol plaque in a coronary
artery breaking away and causing the heart attack so maybe he should
have had the balloon test.
Or am I totally mixed up about this?

They answered your question tonight on Larry King with his doctor. I
couldn't recreate the answer if I wanted to. The transcript is not up
yet but I will copy & paste the relevant part and post it when the
transcript goes up.

Maybe...hoping Larry King finally gets to play the Steve Carell piece
tomorrow night.
.

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