White House insists Trump’s recent physical shows ‘perfectly normal’ health

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• “What part of the body?
• It wasn’t the brain because I took a cognitive test, and I aced it.”On Monday lunchtime, presumably in response to the growing disquiet about Trump’s health, the White House put out a memorandum from Sean Barbabella, the US navy captain who serves as physician to the president. It stated that as part of the physical, Trump had undergone “advanced imaging … because men in his age group benefit from a thorough evaluation of cardiovascular and abdominal health”. Barbabella reported that: “President Trump’s cardiovascular imaging is perfectly normal.
• There is no evidence of arterial narrowing impairing blood flow or abnormalities in the heart or major vessels.
• The heart chambers are normal in size, the vessel walls appear smooth and healthy, and there are no signs of inflammation, or clotting.
• Overall, his cardiovascular system shows excellent health.”Trump’s abdominal imaging, it said, was “also perfectly normal” with “no acute or chronic concerns”. A summary states that “this level of detailed assessment is standard for an executive physical at President Trump’s age and confirms that he remains in excellent overall health”. Notably, the report said the cardiovascular and abdominal imaging was conducted “as part of” the medical exam and did not reveal if any other part of Trump’s body had been subjected to any imaging or analysis.