Guest guest Posted July 31, 2002 Report Share Posted July 31, 2002 Mel Siff wrote: << [The Editor of Personal Fitness Professional magazine] needs to have been a little more cautious in what he wrote. I do not know the full medical case history of Kile, but I would never state that " his death could have been prevented if he had been aware of his condition and sought the proper treatment " because a large percentage of the population which experiences heart attacks or other cardiac events show no clinical or preclinical signs of any heart condition.> ** You are so right. The author with his arrogant statements shows his total lack of medical insight. The classic illustration of the difficulties in diagnosing coronary atherosclerosis is the story of the astronaut Chuck Grissom. As you can well imagine, astronauts are carefully screened. Yet when he made the first EVA ever it was cut short by changes in his EKG being monitored by NASA. After his return to earth he was subjected to every test except a cardiac cath. Astronauts have the right to refuse a cardiac cath. He was cleared for further flights but died after a fire in the capsule during a test flight. [Yes, cardiac cath or angiography carries its own very real dangers so that it is never regarded as simple routine procedure. Interestingly, the surgeons who operated on me wrote in their official report that they were very surprised during surgery to see how much more arterial occlusion there was in four of my coronary arteries than they originally had anticipated, because the angiogram did not suggest the massive extent of my disease. In other words, even an invasive procedure like the angio will not necessarily give a definitive picture of the full extent of coronary artery disease. How any fitness professional can believe that simple non-technological testing in the local health club will provide adequate cardiac screening is anyone's guess. Your use of the word " arrogant " rings quite true in that regard. Mel Siff] Autopsy revealed severe coronary artery disease. This story was told by Dr Eliot, who had been medical chief at NASA, during a meeting of the American College of Cardiology. Harvey Maron, M.D. Steamboat Springs, CO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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