Cardiology director says there's one heart measure Sanders could disclose but isn't

[SidDithers]

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/cardiology-director-says-there-s-one-heart-measure-sanders-could-n1141736

Exclusive: By releasing one simple indicator of his heart health, Sanders could address lingering questions, the president of the American College of Cardiology says.

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“We released the full report of that heart attack,” Sanders said at last week's NBC News/MSNBC debate, pointing to letters from three doctors the campaign distributed in December, which are not the same as medical records.

Kovacs, who reviewed the letters for NBC News, said they omit a “standard” measure of Sanders’ heart health.

That indicator, called the left ventricular ejection fraction, is provided to any patient after a heart attack, Kovacs said. It’s a measure of how much blood volume the heart pushes out with an individual heartbeat and it correlates with the risk for future cardiac events and mortality rate.

“Normally the heart will push out 60 percent,” Kovacs said. “If you go down to 40 or 50 percent, we regard that as mild impairment of the left ventricle. Thirty to 40 percent would be moderate. If you get to 30 percent, that would be severe.”

Sanders hasn’t revealed what the number was at the time of his heart attack nor what it is today. Campaign spokesman Mike Casca, responding to questions from NBC News, declined to provide the ejection fraction number to NBC. The doctors’ letters “are pretty comprehensive,” Casca told NBC News.

Sid

[still_one]

1. Then that question should be asked

[MoonRiver]

2. His competitors should demand he answer during the next debate. eom

[NurseJackie]

3. What are they hiding... that's a legitimate question that needs to be answered.

The American people deserve to know the truth.

[SidDithers]

5. +1...nt

Sid

[Runningdawg]

4. As a retired open-heart nurse, I wondered the same

But I would also like to know Trumps EF AND his O2 saturation. His sniffs, wheezes, snorts, lack of stamina and his even his obvious dementia could point to a severe respiratory disease such as COPD or emphysema. I bet there is a CPAP machine, nebulizer and O2 tank by his bed.

[Moderateguy]

7. CPAP Machine, nebulizer are one thing

With Sanders people are afraid of CHF...Ironically, it should be the Sanders supporters who should be asking the loudest for his medical records. Who is going to fight to enact his policies if he drops dead?

[womanofthehills]

9. Your guy Bloomberg has stents in his heart for a blocked corinary artery

and he also has atrial fibrillation - and takes a blood thinner. His doc says "outstanding health!"

Biden also has two stents and atrial fibrillation, but you guys think Bernie is the one on his deathbed. None of them are very healthy.

[R B Garr]

6. Kick for transparency

[Cha]

8. KR!