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William H Bestermann Jr MD's avatar

If you are a woman with repeated chest pain please share your story here in the comment section

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William H Bestermann Jr MD's avatar

If you are a woman with repeated chest pain, please share your story in the comment section

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William H Bestermann Jr MD's avatar

There are a number of valuable comments and perspectives here. This is part of what I am hoping to achieve. I welcome your ideas that will accelerate the changes that will slow aging and delay chronic illness for millions of Americans.

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H. Robert Silverstein's avatar

I am familiar with Dr Shen & his MCG: BOTH are first rate and I recommend them. Bill Besterman has written this well and is absolutely correct, H. Robert Silverstein, MD, FACC

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William H Bestermann Jr MD's avatar

Thanks Dr. Silverstein. It is great to have this public affirmation. Dr. Silverstein leads a preventive medicine center in Hartford Connecticut and provides preventive cardiology services.

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Joseph T. Shen's avatar

Thanks Robert! Hope you are doing well! Please call me.

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Farm Bekki's avatar

This is a true life saver for Women!

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William H Bestermann Jr MD's avatar

Great to hear from you Bekki. The pharmacist perspective is critical to the discussion.

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Joseph T. Shen's avatar

Thank you for your reporting! Let’s get her tested to demonstrate the functional improvements physiologically. This is another example which we learn from and to help countless people who suffer the similar metabolic cardiovascular disease, a easily reversible lifestyle disease, in our view.

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William H Bestermann Jr MD's avatar

Her pain is gone and she feels better. There is an opportunity to help millions of women with better care now.

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Joseph T. Shen's avatar

Absolutely! The key is to be able to measure and present the dysfunctions and their functional reversal graphically in a understandable manner people can associate and accept. They will realize that for the first time in medical history, this deadly “invisible” disease using all the current imaging tests can actually be detected and reversed with very little fanfare!

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Jean H.'s avatar

Thank you for your article and Dr. Shen's involvement not to mention Amy and Ramy for their time and travel. I would still be in the dark and may have had a bad outcome. I hope others can benefit from my experience and live healthier and longer lives too.

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William H Bestermann Jr MD's avatar

You have stepped up and with pretty simple changes your life is very different. I just entered "women Women's Ischemic Syndrome Evaluation" into Pubmed Central and I found 35 scientific articials related to the NIH sponsored research that describes women with the kind of chest pain you have. There is a mountain of evidence to support what you did an I am so delighted that you are safer. Keep up the good work

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Joseph T. Shen's avatar

Yup!

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Joseph T. Shen's avatar

You are very welcome, Lady Jean! I am delighted to be part of your recovery!

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