From an armchair interventional cardiologist- Trump is probably getting a valve replacement, implanted defib, and an LVAD
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Thanks. Makes sense. Hematologist/oncologist that I am, I thought he might have been anticoagulated for pulmonary emboli from deep venous thromboses. But why would that make him disappear from sight?
aug 30, 2025, 8:03 am • 4 0 • view
I'm guessing they'll throw in a Thoratec LVAD (made in Pleasanton) while they have him cracked open
aug 30, 2025, 8:21 am • 4 0 • view
Bilateral DVT? Nope
aug 30, 2025, 8:14 am • 1 0 • view
Not necessarily bilateral DVT (although possible, especially if for some reason he had a hypercoagulable condition. But with venous bilateral venous insufficiency a unilateral clot might form.
aug 30, 2025, 8:23 am • 1 0 • view
That's medicine. I'm a plumber 🫠
aug 30, 2025, 8:25 am • 2 0 • view
😂 You mean an engineer. I'm an internist. A few centuries ago, I would been burnt as a witch.
aug 30, 2025, 8:33 am • 2 0 • view
Could be a thombectomy but those ankles scream CHF. Could be going after an COPD embolism with a braided retriever and thrombectomy with 2 balloons. So many companies and options out there. It's all just polymers and NiTiNOL
aug 30, 2025, 8:13 am • 1 0 • view