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Cardiac assessment in a controlled environment like the hospital before you prescribe an exercise program to a patient. so that was my thinking there. >> he does have heart disease? >> he does not. >> did he have a ct scan before that shows calcium in his blood vessels? >> he did. he has nonclinical coronary athero sclerosis. he had a coronary score done in 2009 and in 2013 that was 98. we did get a calcium score. it was clinically good information. it wasn't -- it was 133. so had a long conversation were the cardiologist. not only the cardiologist at walter reed but at the cleveland clinic an...

Impairment. >> dr. jackson, does the president do anything at all right now in terms of exercise? what is his daily exercise routine, if there is one? >> i'd say right now on a day-to-day basis, he doesn't have a dedicated defined exercise program. so that's what i'm working on. the good part is that we can build on that easily. [laughter] >> you said you discussed that with him. what would you like to see him start doing? >> like i said, he doesn't have a daily exercise regimen. some people exercise, some don't. some people don't -- haven't done that as part of their routine. i'd say that's t...

Makes sense to get a good cardiac assessment in a controlled environment like the hospital before you prescribe an exercise program to a patient. so that was my thinking there. >> he doesn't have heart disease, is that what you said? >> he doesn't have heart disease. >> did he have a ct scan before that showed calcium in his coronary blood vessels ? >> he does, he did. technically, he has nonclinical co coronary -- he had a coronary calcium score done in 2009. it was 34. he had a coronary calcium score done in 2013 that was 98. then we did get a calcium score from this one. i didn't mention it...

Those things will make him much re healthier than he is now although his health is excellent right now. dr. gupta, you want to answer one or -- >> there were extensive tests including a scan of his chest -- >> trans-thoracic. >> did he need to be sedated at all, there was anything you were concerned about in the ct scan? >> not at all. we got the ct scan because we were debating. i didn't have background information on him at all from a pulmonary stand poichbt, didn't have old chest sprays to look at oar anything like that. i was going to initially get a chest spray and be done with it. it's e...

Cognitive impairment. yeah. right. >> dr. jackson, does the president do anything at all right now in terms of exercise? what is his daily exercise routine, if there is one? >> so i would say right now on a day-to-day basis, he doesn't have a dedicated, defined exercise program, and so that, you know, that's what i'm working on. the good part is that, you know, we can -- we can build on that pretty easily. so -- >> so you said you were discussing that with him. what are you discussing, what would you like to see him start doing? >> well, i mean, like i said, he doesn't have a daily exercise, y...