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Low fat ben and jerry s cherry garcia. we now know when president clinton was president he passed his annual physicals but his heart disease was still progressing. undetected. i asked his cardiologist why. one lesson is that check-ups are not a substitute for lifestyle. as president, bill clinton never got any of the advanced imaging, like the coronary calcium scan or the ultrasound of his carotid. those are tests that are now more ready available to everyone. and clinton was also getting a false sense of assurance from the testing he did have. and it was the year he left office when he had the first symptoms of heart disease. in 2001 when chelsea was ....
Institute in sausalito, california. i came to vermont determined to get my cholesterol down with low fat ben and jerry s cherry garcia. we now know when president clinton was president he passed his annual physicals but his heart disease was still progressing. undetected. i asked his cardiologist why. one lesson is that check-ups are not a substitute for lifestyle. as president, bill clinton never got any of the advanced imaging, like the coronary calcium scan or the ultrasound of his carotid. those are tests that are now ....
someone who has. i ve got a secret to share with what we know right now? we could see the last heart attack in america. i ve been investigating this for over a year. i ve got lessons to share, things you need to know, things your doctor may not tell you. i was lucky i didn t die of a heart attack. reporter: former president clinton, like too many people, was busy. and for years he ignored warning signs from his heart. but in 2004, during an exhausting book tour, there was something different. i had a real tightness in my chest when i was getting off the airplane and the only time i d had it unrelated to exercise. reporter: we re here outside new york presbyterian hospital. in just a couple of hours, former president bill clinton is scheduled to undergo surgery. so i immediately went down to our local hospital and they did a test, they said you got real problems. they hustled me down to columbia presbyterian and they confirmed the determination that i had ser ....
just in the united states. if you haven t had a heart attack yourself, you likely know someone who has. i ve got a secret to share with what we know right now? we could see the last heart attack in america. i ve been investigating this for over a year. i ve got lessons to share, things you need to know, things your doctor may not tell you. i was lucky i didn t die of a heart attack. reporter: former president clinton, like too many people, was busy. and for years he ignored warning signs from his heart. but in 2004, during an exhausting book tour, there was something different. i had a real tightness in my chest when i was getting off the airplane and the only time i d had it unrelated to exercise. reporter: we re here outside new york presbyterian hospital. in just a couple of hours, former president bill clinton is scheduled to undergo surgery. so i immediately went down to our local hospital and they did a test, they said you got real problems. they hustl ....
i was lucky i didn t die of a heart attack. reporter: former president clinton, like too many people, was busy. and for years he ignored warning signs from his heart. but in 2004, during an exhausting book tour, there was something different. i had a real tightness in my chest when i was getting off the airplane and the only time i d had it unrelated to exercise. reporter: we re here outside new york presbyterian hospital. in just a couple of hours, former president bill clinton is scheduled to undergo surgery. so i immediately went down to our local hospital and they did a test, they said you got real problems. they hustled me down to columbia presbyterian and they confirmed the determination that i had serious blockage and needed the surgery. reporter: doctors immediately knew options were limited. the 58-year-old clinton needed to have his chest opened, his heart stopped, and surgery performed. there s no medical treatment for reversing the obstructions ....