Trump says he underwent CT scan, not MRI, throughout October examination

President Trump says he underwent a CT scan, moderately than an MRI, throughout his October examination at Walter Reed Nationwide Army Medical Heart. In a brand new interview, he additionally says it could have been higher if he hadn’t undergone the scan in any respect. 

“Looking back, it is too unhealthy I took it as a result of it gave them slightly ammunition,” the president mentioned in an interview with The Wall Road Journal printed Thursday. “I’d have been so much higher off in the event that they did not, as a result of the truth that I took it mentioned, ‘Oh gee, is one thing unsuitable?’ Nicely, nothing’s unsuitable.”

In late October, Mr. Trump advised reporters he underwent an MRI yielding “excellent” outcomes throughout his examination that month. The White Home mentioned in December that “superior imaging” was carried out to test his “cardiovascular and stomach well being.” 

However the president advised The Wall Road Journal it was truly a CT scan, and his physician, Navy Capt. Sean Barbabella, confirmed that in a press release to CBS Information. 

CT scans and MRIs are widespread imaging exams that assist docs see contained in the physique and diagnose a variety of circumstances. CT scans use a sequence of X-ray footage to create a 3D picture, usually permitting docs to establish issues like blood clots. An MRI takes longer and makes use of magnetic and radio waves to provide extra detailed pictures of organs and smooth tissue than CT scans.

“President Trump agreed to fulfill with the employees and troopers at Walter Reed Medical Hospital in October,” Barbabella mentioned in a press release to CBS Information on Thursday. “With the intention to take advantage of the president’s time on the hospital, we really useful he endure one other routine bodily analysis to make sure continued optimum well being. As a part of that examination, we requested the president if he would endure superior imaging — both an MRI or CT Scan — to definitively rule out any cardiovascular points. The president agreed, and our workforce of consultants carried out a CT Scan. As we revealed within the post-examination report, the superior imaging was completely regular and revealed completely no abnormalities.” 

White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt mentioned the White Home and Mr. Trump’s docs have at all times maintained he acquired superior imaging. 

“Extra particulars on the imaging have been disclosed by the president himself, as a result of he continues to be essentially the most clear and open president in historical past and has nothing to cover, not like his predecessor Joe Biden, who hid from the press and lied about his clear bodily and psychological decline,” Leavitt mentioned in a press release. 

The president additionally advised the newspaper he would not need to decrease his day by day aspirin dose, one thing he is used as a blood thinner for over twenty years. “I am slightly superstitious,” he mentioned.

“They are saying aspirin is nice for scaling down the blood, and I do not need thick blood pouring by means of my coronary heart,” Mr. Trump advised the Journal. “I would like good, skinny blood pouring by means of my coronary heart. Does that make sense?”

Mr. Trump, 79, is not a fan of conventional train outdoors of his favourite pastime, golf. 

“I simply do not prefer it. It is boring,” Mr. Trump mentioned. “To stroll on a treadmill or run on a treadmill for hours and hours like some folks do, that is not for me.”

Over the summer time, the White Home introduced the president had been recognized with a “benign and customary” vein situation generally known as persistent venous insufficiency after he observed swelling in his legs. Barbabella mentioned the examination revealed no proof of a extra severe situation like deep vein thrombosis or arterial illness. 

The president has at occasions displayed seen bruises on his palms, which the White Home has attributed to frequent handshaking. 

“That is in step with minor smooth tissue irritation from frequent handshaking and the usage of aspirin, which is taken as a part of a typical cardiovascular prevention routine,” Barbabella mentioned in a memo over the summer time.