you get a cat scan for that. the pet scan study is promising, but i m not convinced it s going to change the way we practice. it s a very small study, only about 80 patients and accurate in about 90%. we still have a long way to go for pet scans to come in this field. now, we use pet scan in our field of cancer, for lung ca cancer, for kidney cancer, and it s 50/50 can guess whether there s cancer in the body. for bone imaging, it would work. explain why, doctor. what does it show that a cat scan doesn t? they re using a radio tracer to see where the aggregate of the cells. sometimes with this plaque formation, you would have inflammation. it detects when the plaque ruptures. that s where the plaque starts to go to a blocked artery, heart attack, or go to the brain and cause a stroke. nobody knows the cause of plaque rupture, what we know is 60 million americans suffer from coronary artery disease and any of these studies are important.
aneurysm. you ll get a c.a.t. scan for this. this p.e.t. scan study is promising. but i m not sure it will change the way we practice. it s only about 80 patients in the study. it was accurate in about 90%. we still have a long way to go for p.e.t. scan to come in this field. we use p.e.t. scan in our field for kidney cancers, and 50/50 can guess whether there s a cancer in the body. for bone imaging it would work. what does it show that a c.a.t. scan doesn t? they re seeing where the aggregate of the cells, sometimes with this kind of plaque formation you would have inflammation. it detects where the plaque ruptures. when the rupture happens is when the plaque starts to go and block the artery, heart attack and go to the brain and cause stroeblg. nobody knows the cause of plaque rupture. it s unknown. what we know is 60 million americans suffer from coronary artery disease. what i like is the test that
smoking, alcohol. you got to know your blood pressure. you got to know your cholesterol. you got to get your weight down. you have to exercise. you cannot be sedentary. you got to watch your diet. all wake-up calls. autopsy shows he didn t have a problem before. he died of a sudden heart attack. i don t want to scare anyone out there. that can happen, too. you get a plaque rupture. you don t even know you have heart disease. that can happen. they talk about that meal. the reports he just had another light meal. a meal is not going to do it. if you don t have the evidence of that as the autopsy had shown, how do you know you have a problem? first of all, i personally really miss him. his programs were fantastic. the big thing is, how do you distinguish between heart attack and acute sudden death? that s what you want to know. when it comes to heart attack, it s basically it s a vak cue l vascular issue. there s a plaque. there s a blood clot. it stops the blood flow. you get chest p