The coronary artery calcium (CAC) CT score in President Donald Trump's recent medical examination revealed that he has moderate heart disease, according to a news report from CNN.
Trump's official medical records disclosed a coronary artery calcium score of 34 in 2009; the score surged to 98 in 2013 and has now reached 133 -- far exceeding the minimum score of 100 required to confirm the presence of calcium plaques, according to an article by CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta.
The president's CAC score places him in the midrisk range, or 46th percentile, for heart disease, and his level of plaque is "common" for someone of his gender, race, and age. The condition is "relatively easy to address" if Trump increases the dose of his cholesterol-lowering medication and makes lifestyle changes, according to Gupta.
![Images show the pectoralis muscles of a healthy male individual who never smoked (age, 66 years; height, 178 cm; body mass index [BMI, calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared], 28.4; number of cigarette pack-years, 0; forced expiratory volume in 1 second [FEV1], 97.6% predicted; FEV1: forced vital capacity [FVC] ratio, 0.71; pectoralis muscle area [PMA], 59.4 cm2; pectoralis muscle volume [PMV], 764 cm3) and a male individual with a smoking history and chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD) (age, 66 years; height, 178 cm; BMI, 27.5; number of cigarette pack-years, 43.2, FEV1, 48% predicted; FEV1:FVC, 0.56; PMA, 35 cm2; PMV, 480.8 cm3) from the Canadian Cohort Obstructive Lung Disease (i.e., CanCOLD) study. The CT image is shown in the axial plane. The PMV is automatically extracted using the developed deep learning model and overlayed onto the lungs for visual clarity.](https://img.auntminnie.com/mindful/smg/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/03/genkin.25LqljVF0y.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=focalpoint&dpr=2&fit=crop&h=167&q=70&w=250)