"Trump, in the interview, said he regretted undergoing the advanced imaging on his heart and abdomen during an October visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center because it raised public questions about his health. His physician said in a memo the White House released in December that he had "advanced imaging" as a preventative screening for men his age."
""President Trump agreed to meet with the staff and soldiers at Walter Reed Medical Hospital in October. In order to make the most of the President's time at the hospital, we recommended he undergo another routine physical evaluation to ensure continued optimal health," Barbabella said. Barbabella said that he asked the president to undergo either a CT scan or MRI "to definitively rule out any cardiovascular issues" and the results were "perfectly normal and revealed absolutely no abnormalities.""
"White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement Thursday that the president's doctors and the White House have "always maintained the President received advanced imaging" but said that "additional details on the imaging have been disclosed by the President himself" because he "has nothing to hid""
President Donald Trump disclosed that he had a CT scan during an October examination at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. He said he regretted the imaging because it raised public questions about his health. The White House physician described the exam as "advanced imaging" used as a preventative screening for men his age. Navy Capt. Sean Barbabella said the scan was recommended to make the most of the President's time at the hospital and to definitively rule out cardiovascular issues. Doctors reported the results were perfectly normal and revealed no abnormalities. Trump initially described it as an MRI and said he did not know which part of his body was scanned; a CT scan is quicker but offers less tissue detail than an MRI.
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