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Aneurysm. you'll get a c.a.t. scan for this. this p.e.t. scan study is promising. but i'm not sure it will change the way we practice. it's only about 80 patients in the study. it was accurate in about 90%. we still have a long way to go for p.e.t. scan to come in this field. we use p.e.t. scan in our field for kidney cancers, and 50/50 can guess whether there's a cancer in the body. for bone imaging it would work. >> what does it show that a c.a.t. scan doesn't? >> they're seeing where the aggregate of the cells, sometimes with this kind of plaque formation you would have inflammation. it det...

Smoking, alcohol. you got to know your blood pressure. you got to know your cholesterol. you got to get your weight down. you have to exercise. you cannot be sedentary. you got to watch your diet. all wake-up calls. autopsy shows he didn't have a problem before. he died of a sudden heart attack. i don't want to scare anyone out there. that can happen, too. you get a plaque rupture. you don't even know you have heart disease. that can happen. >> they talk about that meal. the reports he just had another light meal. a meal is not going to do it. if you don't have the evidence of that as the auto...