information his doctor presented yesterday? >> yeah. i mean that's the bottom line. i mean he had a lot of tests done, understandably so. 3 1/2 hours of exams at walter reed medical center. and a big focus is his heart health as is understandable for a gentleman of that age, 71 years old. that's what you worry about the most in anybody is their heart health. he had several tests done. we know that his cholesterol and his low density cholesterol, the low density lie poe protein have gone up despite being on medication. we know he has borderline obesity and we know based on that one test known as a calcium scan, coronary calcium scan, that he has a score of 133. a lot of people may not be familiar with this type of testing -- >> i think -- i actually just had this. this is the thing that tests the calcium inside the artery, is that it? >> that's right. it's testing the calcium inside the plaques, which are located in the coronary vessels, which are the blood vessels that supply the heart. yeah, you and i actually both
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