Very saddened to learn of Mike's passing. Only knew him from the boards but shared his love of all things Rutgers and found a kindred spirit on the Current Events Board.
In the hopes that something positive comes out of this, I would highly recommend that everyone over the age of 40 discuss with their physician getting a Cardiac CT Scan which is a painless imaging test that uses x rays to take many detailed pictures of your heart and its blood vessels. ... A multidetector CT is a very fast type of CT scanner that can produce high-quality pictures of the beating heart and can detect calcium or blockages in the coronary arteries.
Painless and fast, this measures the amount of calcium deposits in your arteries and gives a much more complete picture of your heart than a Echocardiogram or a Stress Test.
Years ago these machines were rare and you had to pay out-of-pocket but recently I had it done and it was covered under my insurance. My guess is there are many places offering this test in NJ.
In the hopes that something positive comes out of this, I would highly recommend that everyone over the age of 40 discuss with their physician getting a Cardiac CT Scan which is a painless imaging test that uses x rays to take many detailed pictures of your heart and its blood vessels. ... A multidetector CT is a very fast type of CT scanner that can produce high-quality pictures of the beating heart and can detect calcium or blockages in the coronary arteries.
Painless and fast, this measures the amount of calcium deposits in your arteries and gives a much more complete picture of your heart than a Echocardiogram or a Stress Test.
Years ago these machines were rare and you had to pay out-of-pocket but recently I had it done and it was covered under my insurance. My guess is there are many places offering this test in NJ.