Bernie Sanders is in 'good health' after heart attack, doctor says in summary of health

[Donkees]

By Annie Grayer and Ryan Nobles, CNN
Updated 2:37 PM ET, Mon December 30, 2019

Excerpt:

(CNN) - Sen. Bernie Sanders is in "good health," nearly three months after suffering a heart attack, the attending physician at the US Capitol said in a letter released Monday.

The physician, Brian Monahan, said in a summary of the Vermont senator's health that Sanders is no longer taking several of the medications initially prescribed to him after the heart attack.

"Several of the medications you initially required (blood-thinner, beta blocker) were stopped based on your progress," Monahan wrote. "Your heart muscle strength has improved. You have never had symptoms of congestive heart failure. The heart chamber sizes, wall thickness, estimated pressures, and heart valves are normal. Several 24-hour recordings of your heart electrical activity indicated no significant heat rhythm abnormality."

Later in the letter, Monahan said: "You are in good health currently and you have been engaging vigorously in the rigors of your campaign, travel, and other scheduled activities without any limitation."

The campaign also released two additional letters from physicians at the University of Vermont, who have examined Sanders since his heart attack earlier this year, saying that Sanders is in good health and making a strong recovery. The doctors, Philip Ades, Patrick Savage and Martin LeWinter, said they believed Sanders is fit to serve as president.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/30/politics/bernie-sanders-health/index.html

[Lexee]

1. It is in the genes.

[Control-Z]

9. Yes, one can be predisposed to suffering a heart attack.

I'm not sure how much genetics is considered before a heart attack actually happens - if preventative action is usually taken, or not. There is certainly plenty of talk about it post event.

[David__77]

2. Good news.

...

[Doodley]

3. I don't see how somebody who has recently survived a heart attack can do one of the most stressful

jobs imaginable.

[Lexee]

4. But the doctors summarized he is in the best of health.

[Control-Z]

10. Did they really say

he is in the "best of health"? (I didn't read the entire article.)

[Autumn]

19. Would he's a "healthy, vigorous, male have been better?

[BannonsLiver]

5. The good news for Bernie is he's never going to actually have that job.

So it’s moot.

[TexasTowelie]

20. +1

[still_one]

26. Lol

[Eliot Rosewater]

28. Probably, but there is a chance he will get the nomination at which time

will he at least THEN stop BASHING the party that has to vote for him?

[TidalWave46]

6. Great to hear. It's my understanding he purchased an impressive retirement home a couple years back.

[vsrazdem]

7. Great. Obama just purchased one in Martha's Vinyard last month.

[TidalWave46]

8. What an accomplished person. Obama is a man of such great depth.

Can't wait to see where his future brings him. He is looking great. He and Sanders seem to be on opposite ends of the health spectrum.

[LanternWaste]

11. Also great: Obama never has suffered a heart attack

(seems the same amount of relevance as yours)

[BannonsLiver]

13. So what?

You have a problem with that? What are you trying to imply?

[vsrazdem]

15. No I don't, just lke I don't have a problem with Bernie buying one. You should ask the poster I

responded to what he is implying.

[TexasTowelie]

21. Whataboutism.

[SidDithers]

24. Every single damn time...nt

Sid

[R B Garr]

12. What is more impressive is not having a heart attack at that age.

Neither my 90-something stepfather nor my 80-something mother have had a heart attack. Not a single heart attack between the two of them. Now that is impressive.

Seventy-eight and a heart attack, not so impressive. Sorry.

[Lexee]

14. Right, while asking for a vote.

[Autumn]

18. Blood clots and aneurysms are impressive? Biden and Sanders are both in good health according

to the letters their doctor's released.

[R B Garr]

25. Heart attack/disease is the leading cause of death. Bernie

is 78. He just had a heart attack. Recently. So your analogy is more squirrel, but that’s par for these distractions, lol. Your news is from the 80’s. I graduated from college that year...that’s how long ago Biden’s news is, lol. Long long time ago.

BTW, none of the causes of death look particularly appealing. Hard to pick a favorite. But heart disease is number one, and that’s a fact. Probably why Bernie and Jane were very secretive about his condition. It’s devastating health news.

[Autumn]

30. There was no secrecy. He had the procedure and waited for test results to find out what

was going to happen. As any thinking person would.

[R B Garr]

32. LOL, cool story, except it doesn't take days to find that

out. Chest pains get priority because of the deadliness of heart attacks. It was days before they came up with that excuse.

[Autumn]

36. Yeah. Three (3) whole days while they waited to find out more information on how he was

doing after the procedure. Heart attacks caught right away are not deadly. I know four people who have had hear attack and stents put in, they are all healthy as can be. Sorry to burst your hopes and dreams.

[R B Garr]

38. At least you are finally acknowledging what we all saw.

Bernie and Jane withheld his health scare from the public. Hence this thread asking about his medical records, lol.

Heart disease/attack is still the leading cause of death. It’s still Number 1 no matter what we type on the internet.

[Kurt V.]

29. +1

[Hassin Bin Sober]

16. This is going to make some people

[vsrazdem]

17. You can say that again, but it won't stop people from spewing the meme that he is not healthy.

[TexasTowelie]

22. You've got to be kidding.

[SidDithers]

23. He's 6'3" 239 lbs...nt

Sid

[Kurt V.]

27. Better than me I'll bet :)

[NYMinute]

31. This is alarming ...

After coronary thrombosis and ischaemia, with stunt placement, the American Heart Association REQUIRES DAPT (dual anti-platelet therapy) usually consisting of ticagrelor (Brilinta®) twice a day and 81 mg of Aspirin per day. In addition, they require lisinopril and atorvastatin as well. This regime has to be continued for 1 year and will soon be revised to two years.

Only a fool would stop DAPT 3 months into the stent placement because the risk of stent-thrombosis is exponential and stent thrombosis has an extremely high fatality rate.

This letter is disingenuous if not bogus.

Here is the American College of Cardiology-American Heart Association update from 2016 regarding duration of DAPT -

[R B Garr]

34. Wow! That is indeed interesting.

Thanks for pointing that out!

Yikes.

[lapucelle]

33. Did BS release his health records as promised?

Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign says it still plans to release the 78-year-old Vermont senator’s health records along with a letter from his doctor by the end of December.

Sanders pledged to make his medical history public on Oct. 24, a week after returning to the campaign trail after suffering a heart attack.

“I want to make it comprehensive,” Sanders told the Associated Press at the time. “The answer is I will, probably by the end of the year.”

Faiz Shakir, Sanders’ campaign manager, later added to reporters that Sanders’ health records would include a letter from his doctor that would show he had made a full recovery from his heart attack earlier that month.

https://vtdigger.org/2019/12/17/sanders-set-to-release-medical-history-by-end-of-year/

[NYMinute]

35. This is Trump'splaybook

Instead of the actual records for the media doctors to scrutinize, he gets a letter from a friendly doctor which has no details about BP, cholesterol, actual medicines he is taking etc.

[lapucelle]

37. Why make grandiose promises if there is no intention to keep them? N/T