几周以来，唐纳德·特朗普总统一直表示，他接受了核磁共振检查十月份在沃尔特·里德国家军事医学中心但当《华尔街日报》在周四发表的采访中问及这一程序时，特朗普和他的医生说，他实际上做了CT扫描。
“这不是核磁共振，”特朗普告诉《华尔街日报》。“还不到那个时候。这是一次扫描。”
上个月，特朗普坚持说他做了核磁共振，在空军一号上告诉记者，他“绝对”会公布结果。
白宫没有具体说明特朗普接受扫描的原因。11月，特朗普声称核磁共振是他年度体检的一部分。
特朗普的医生、海军上尉Sean Barbabella告诉《华尔街日报》，总统接受了CT扫描，而不是MRI。Barbabella说，特朗普的医生最初告诉他，他们将进行核磁共振成像或CT扫描。
两者磁共振成像(MRI)和计算机断层扫描(CT)是医疗保健专业人员使用的成像方法，用于查看体内的器官和结构，以帮助诊断各种疾病。MRI扫描使用大磁铁和无线电波来生成图像，而CT扫描使用X射线。
12月1日，白宫公布了结果特朗普的高级成像测试，称它们“完全正常”。Barbabella随后表示，成像有助于确认特朗普的整体健康状况，并在问题变得严重之前识别出任何早期问题。
Barbabella告诉该杂志，CT扫描是为了“明确排除任何心血管问题”，并显示没有异常。
巴尔巴贝拉在周四的一份声明中告诉美国广播公司新闻，总统仍然“身体健康，完全适合履行他作为总司令的职责。”
10月下旬，特朗普首次表示，他在沃尔特里德医院接受了核磁共振成像检查，作为“高级成像”测试的一部分。
“我做了核磁共振。这太完美了，”特朗普当时说。“我是说，我给了你完整的结果。我们做了核磁共振和机器，你知道，所有的一切，都很完美。”
尽管特朗普多次表示他已经接受了核磁共振成像检查，但白宫新闻秘书卡罗琳·莱维特周四告诉美国广播公司新闻，特朗普的“医生和白宫一直坚持认为总统接受了先进的成像检查。”
据白宫和Barbabella称，尽管先进的成像是作为一种预防措施，但特朗普告诉《华尔街日报》，他现在后悔做了这件事，并在采访中表示，这被用作针对他的“弹药”。
“现在回想起来，我拿走它太糟糕了，因为它给了他们一点弹药。如果他们没有的话，我会过得更好，因为我拿了它的事实表明，'哦，天哪，有什么问题吗?'好吧，没什么问题，”特朗普说。
特朗普在接受《华尔街日报》采访时表示，他每天服用的大剂量阿司匹林导致他很容易淤青，并补充说他拒绝了医生服用较低剂量的建议，并补充说他服用这种特定的阿司匹林已经25年了。
“他们说阿司匹林有助于稀释血液，我不想让粘稠的血液流经我的心脏，”特朗普对《华尔街日报》说。“我希望我的心脏流淌着细细的血液。这有意义吗?”
在《华尔街日报》的文章中，特朗普反驳了批评他在几次白宫活动中努力睁开眼睛，似乎睡着了。
“我这就关门。这对我来说非常放松，”特朗普在接受《华尔街日报》采访时谈到在白宫活动中没有睡着。“有时他们会拍下我眨眼的照片，眨眼，他们会抓住我眨眼的动作。”
最近最显著的例子之一发生在特朗普12月的内阁会议和11月宣布降低减肥药物成本期间。
华尔街日报报道称，工作人员建议川普在公共活动中尽量睁大眼睛众议院参谋长苏西·怀尔斯敦促内阁成员缩短他们的陈述。
医疗保险中心的管理者&医疗补助服务(Medicaid Services)的穆罕默德·奥兹(Mehmet Oz)在11月的活动中出现了特朗普打瞌睡的情况，他告诉《华尔街日报》，他认为特朗普变得无聊了。
Trump says he got a CT scan instead of an MRI
For weeks, President Donald Trump has said that he received an MRIat Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in October, but when asked about the procedure by the Wall Street Journal in an interview published Thursday, Trump and his doctor said that he actually got a CT scan instead.
"It wasn’t an MRI," Trump told the Journal. “It was less than that. It was a scan.”
Last month, Trump maintained that he got an MRI, telling reporters on Air Force One that he would "absolutely" release the results.
The White House has not specifically said why Trump received the scan. In November, Trump claimed the MRI was part of his yearly physical.
Trump’s physician, Navy Capt. Sean Barbabella told the Journal that the president had received a CT scan -- not an MRI. Barbabella said Trump’s doctors initially told him they would perform either an MRI or a CT scan.
Bothmagnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) scans are imaging methods used by health care professionals to look at organs and structures inside the body to help diagnose a variety of conditions. While an MRI scan uses a large magnet and radio waves to generate a picture, a CT scan uses X-rays.
On Dec. 1,the White House released the resultsof Trump's advanced imaging tests, describing them as "perfectly normal." Barbabella said then that the imaging helps confirm Trump's overall health and identifies any early issues before they become serious.
Barbabella told the Journal that the CT scan was done "to definitively rule out any cardiovascular issues" and showed no abnormalities.
Barbabella told ABC News in a statement on Thursday that the president remains "in exceptional health and perfectly suited to execute his duties as Commander in Chief."
In late October, Trump first said he had an MRI as part of the "advanced imaging" tests he received at Walter Reed.
"I got an MRI. It was perfect," Trump said at the time. "I mean, I gave you the full results. We had an MRI and the machine, you know, the whole thing, and it was perfect."
Even though Trump said multiple times that he had received an MRI, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told ABC News on Thursday that Trump’s "physicians and the White House have always maintained the president received advanced imaging."
Although the advanced imaging was taken as a preventative measure, according to the White House and Barbabella, Trump told the Wall Street Journal that he now regrets getting it done, saying in the interview that it's being used as “ammunition” against him.
"In retrospect, it’s too bad I took it because it gave them a little ammunition. I would have been a lot better off if they didn’t, because the fact that I took it said, ‘Oh gee, is something wrong?’ Well, nothing’s wrong,” Trump said.
In his Wall Street Journal interview, Trump said that the large dose of aspirin he takes daily has caused him to bruise easily, adding that he’s refused his doctors' advice to take a lower dose, adding that he has taken that specific aspirin for 25 years.
"They say aspirin is good for thinning out the blood, and I don’t want thick blood pouring through my heart,” Trump said told the Wall Street Journal. "I want nice, thin blood pouring through my heart. Does that make sense?"
In the Wall Street Journal article, Trump pushed back against criticism that he has struggled to keep his eyes open during several White House events, appearing to fall asleep.
"I’ll just close. It’s very relaxing to me," Trump said to the Wall Street Journal about not falling asleep at White House events. "Sometimes they’ll take a picture of me blinking, blinking, and they’ll catch me with the blink."
One of the most notable recent examples of this occurred during Trump’s Cabinet meeting in December and his November announcement to reduce the cost of weight-loss medication.
The Wall Street Journal reports that staff has counseled Trump to try to keep his eyes open during public events and that WhiteHouse Chief of Staff Susie Wiles has urged Cabinet members to shorten their presentations.
The Administrator for the Centers for Medicare&Medicaid Services, Mehmet Oz, who was at the November event where Trump appeared to doze off, told the Journal he believes Trump became bored.
