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During an emergency, seconds count, and one local hospital prepares for future emergencies. Mercy Health Lourdes purchased the GE Apex Revolution 312 Slice, one of eight machines nationwide.
For calcium which is part of the atherosclerotic process. the plaques in the heart. >> i've never had a problem but you are looking for it anyways. >> yes, if you are heading for a heart attack in 5, 10, 20 years, you're already have plaque. >> you may recognize him as the author of the south beach diet books. but he's also the inventor of the coronary scan. he doesn't make any money from it. we all know plaque is bad. it blocks your blood vessels. plaque is formed by ldl cholesterol in the blood. the bad cholesterol. think of it as l, for lousy. building up on the walls of your arteries formi...
That bothered me. that and the pain. >> if it happened to him, could it happen to you? what about me? i'm a pretty typical guy in his early 40s with a family history of heart disease. so i decided to go on a mission to never have a heart attack. but how? when people talk about trying to end heart attacks in the world or in america at least, one of the ways to do that is to take a look inside the heart, see what's happening before someone ever has a problem. and that's what we're going to do here today. you're actually going to look for what? my heart? >> yes. for calcium which is part of the a...
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...