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John Schoonbee of Swiss Re on Coronary Calcification CAC - and Staying Alive!
Description
John Schoonbee, MD of Swiss Re is Chief Medical Officer for the Life and Health Division of Swiss Re, the world's largest Re-Insurer. Re-Insurers "underwrite" big risks for the countless insurance companies around the world - so they have to know what they're doing!
Which brings us to Coronary Calcification and the CAC Score - which will become the new standard for identifying heart disease risk in high-value clients (as the stress test etc. have been shown to be very inadequate for the purpose.)
This one is short and sweet - and gets to the heart of the matter!
INDEX/CONTENTS:
00:24 Meet the Hundred-Million-Dollar Men (and Women!)
02:04 New ACC/AHA Guidelines lead the way - replacing Stress Tests with Real Tests
05:14 Money talks in the Insurance industry: “A calcium score of zero would play a huge role for me.”
07:03 From saving people through to doing great business – CAC is on the way!