A 52-year-old patient was newly committed to getting healthy—walking daily, eating better, and feeling strong—when a sharp pain flared in her chest. She assumed that it was a pulled muscle, and subsequent tests looked normal. Still, her doctor ordered a cardiac CT scan “just to be safe,” Dr. Rita Redberg, a cardiologist at the University of California–San Francisco, recounted to The Epoch Times.
The patient’s CT scan revealed no clear abnormalities. However, her doctor then ordered a follow-up catheterization that tore a major artery, forcing emergency surgery. Within months, she’d undergone bypass surgery, followed by more complications and, finally, a heart transplant.
