Jordan Loeb is a 39-year-old man with the arteries of a 62-year-old.
The Madison lawyer knows this because of a new diagnostic test for those at risk of cardiovascular disease. It’s not an exaggeration to say the test changed Loeb’s life. And, perhaps, it will turn out to have saved it, too.
The noninvasive test, pioneered here at UW-Madison, has proven a powerful tool for educating patients such as Loeb about their risk of developing heart disease or having a stroke.