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White House Says Trump’s October MRI Was Preventive With Normal Findings

The disclosure follows weeks of questions about the 79-year-old president’s fitness.

Overview

  • A memorandum from Capt. Sean P. Barbabella describes the scan as advanced imaging to evaluate cardiovascular and abdominal health appropriate for the president’s age.
  • The findings were described as "perfectly normal," with no arterial narrowing, cardiac anomalies, inflammation, or clots detected.
  • The MRI was conducted at Walter Reed in October as part of a supplemental executive physical outside the standard annual exam.
  • Trump said he will publish the results, asserted the scan was not of his brain, and repeated that he scored perfectly on a cognitive test.
  • Following earlier vagueness about the scan, the White House said additional medical documents from the October evaluations will be provided.