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Cardiac health: In great shape but close to death

"I was extremely lucky," says Frank – and it's not a visit to the casino that he's referring to. It’s a life-saving check-up.
5min
Andrea Lutz
Published on 18. Februar 2022

Frank is a businessman, father of two, and passionate endurance athlete. He says, "I feel like I’m 30." However, Frank's date of birth makes doctors sit up and take notice: 1969. Even if a 52-year-old patient seems to be extremely fit, it’s still worth taking a closer look.

No cause for concern

Shocked by the findings

A CCTA showing subtotal stenosis of the right coronary artery

Nevertheless very lucky

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By Andrea Lutz
Andrea Lutz is a journalist and business trainer specialized on medical topics, technology, and healthcare IT. She lives in Nuremberg, Germany.

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  1. 1 https://www.who.int/health-topics/cardiovascular-diseases#tab=tab_1, January 2022.
  2. 2 Deutsche Herzstiftung (ed.). Deutscher Herzbericht 2020. Frankfurt am Main, June 2021.
  3. 3 https://dzhk.de/aktuelles/news/artikel/schutz-vor-dem-herzinfarkt-herzstiftung-unterstuetzt-verbesserung-der-frueherkennung
  4. 4 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6056023/
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