Phil Jackson, Tim Russert, Bill Clinton, Jim Fixx, Don Bunce, Chan Gailey, Darryl Kile, David Bowie, Paula Danziger.

Phil Jackson, Tim Russert, Bill Clinton, Jim Fixx, Don Bunce, Chan Gailey, Darryl Kile, David Bowie, Paula Danziger. 

They all had a coronary event requiring a procedure if they survived. Jackson (former Laker coach 57), Russert (host of Meet the Press 58), Clinton (ex-POTUS 58), Fixx (author of marathon running and also a runner 52), Bunce (Stanford quarterback and orthopedist 54), Gailey (pro football coach 53), Kile (Houston Astro baseball player 33), Bowie (entertainer 57), and Danziger (author The Cat Who Ate My Gymsuit 59).

Could these have been predicted? The short answer: yes.

How:
1) Coronary calcium scoring using electron beam CT to measure the level of risk present in the coronary arteries.
AD Guerci, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2007, 49:18.
2) Measuring the level of high sensitivity troponin I, a blood test. If elevated to 10.1 or more, the odds ratio is increased to 8.53 for cardiovascular death.
F Apple et al 2012 Clinical Chemistry 58:5.

HeartCare has been doing both and detecting risk that is more accurate than cholesterol studies and stress tests. Call us for more information.