A 32-year-old member asked:
What does occult cardiovascular disease mean?
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Dr. Calvin Weisbergeranswered
53 years experience
Heart disease: Occult cardiovascular disease does not mean heart disease in ghosts. It means hidden heart disease or heart disease present but we don't know about it.
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Dr. J Robertsanswered
Vascular Surgery 29 years experience
Hidden: Occult disease is asymptomatic or sub-clinical such as an aneurysm that one has that ruptures but the patient had no signs or symptoms before rupture. That would be an occult aneurysm.
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Dr. Rick Kochanswered
Cardiology 24 years experience
Present: But not manifest with adverse event.
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Last updated Apr 23, 2016
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