Heart Disease

Just having a blood lead level that is "normal", increases your chance of cancer 68%, increases your chance of early death from any cause by 46%, and death from cardiovascular disease 33%. Today it is imperative for anyone with high blood pressure, heart disease, prostate issues, cardiovascular disease, chronic fatigue, cancer or for preventative health measures to test for heavy metals.
EDTA and the Cardiovascular Effect
EDTA chelation therapy is a method for removing heavy and toxic metals from the body. It has been well-established and accepted as a standard medical procedure for over 50 years, and is approved by the FDA for the treatment of lead toxicity. Using EDTA chelation therapy to treat degenerative diseases has met with extensive resistance from mainstream medicine. The reason for this is obvious to most people. It is certainly not because of a lack of scientific proof of EDTA chelation therapy's therapeutic success over the years. Medicine today is far too political and the mainstream medical system, unfortunately, is set up to try to make people well AFTER they get sick. There is little doubt that EDTA chelation works very well when offered as a treatment of last resort, especially for those with end stage peripheral vascular disease needing amputation. These patients in most cases get to the end stage of the disease because mainstream medical approaches fail so often and the patient is left in the end stage of the disease. EDTA chelation in these cases is still effective. While the precise mechanism of action for EDTA is not well understood, it has been under intensive medical debate over the years. Current scientific research has shown that EDTA chelation therapy has its cardiovascular effect primarily at the endothelium level and not simply a "rooter-router" mechanism so many once believed.
EDTA and Endothelium
It is the end result of injury that started at the extremely thin layer of endothelial cells that line the inside surface of the heart and blood vessel walls. Heavy metal toxins such as lead, mercury, aluminum, cadmium, arsenic etc. has been clinically proven to damage and cause endothelial dysfunction. Numerous established studies have confirmed that an impaired endothelial function is linked to all major coronary heart diseases. Atherosclerosis is the main cause for heart attack and strokes. The endothelium is inner lining of blood vessels. This lining tissue generates the powerful arterial vessel dilator nitric oxide (N.O.). The endothelium also produces prostacyclin which slows the clotting of blood and also causes beneficial dilating of arteries. The third important endothelial product is heparin which prevents clots from forming without causing bleeding. Excessive deposition of heavy metals in the endothelium diminishes the endothelium's ability to produce nitric oxide, prostacyclin, and heparin. *Iron and the sex differences in heart disease risk, Lancet, 1981 June 13; 1(8233):1293-1294 Chelation appears to restore the body's ability to create the important substances, Nitric Oxide (N.O.), prostacyclin and heparin, by removing these metals from the endothelial lining. One of these problem metals, mercury, is known to cause damage to enzymes so mercury removal should be beneficial. Removal of these metals appears to result in improved delivery of oxygen and nutrients to the tissues of the body. The theory of EDTA removing the solid sticky plaque with a unique mechanism, and dangerous solids being converted to a liquid, then transported away to be eliminated as a natural, normal phenomenon of body chemistry is still held by some. It does appear however that the discovery of N.O. production increasing with EDTA chelation is exactly what is happening, and that the excess plaque is removed through normal metabolic functions due to the body achieving a new level of homeostasis. This affords a possible explanation for the beneficial effects of chelation. In addition, EDTA blocks the slow calcium currents in the arterial wall, resulting in arterial vasodilation. In 1999, Dr. Valentin Fuster, M.D. published a Book called The Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Plaque. Dr. Fuster was at the time the President of The American Heart Association, and also was and still is the Chairman of the Department of Cardiology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. This book shows that heart attacks do not occur in areas of maximal plaque buildup where calcium has hardened large deposits of cholesterol, but in fact occur in fresh, "vulnerable" plaques that get INFECTED with germs, such as Epstein Barr Virus, Herpes Virus, Cytomegalovirus, and other low level germs that infect humans. Researchers are now in the process of studying and proving that these germs are more prevalent and "infectious" when N.O. is not present in sufficient amounts. By removing the circulatory heavy metal toxins, EDTA enhances cardiovascular blood flow and function. Today it is imperative for anyone with high blood pressure, heart disease, prostate issues, cardiovascular disease, chronic fatigue, cancer or for preventative health measures to test for heavy metals. Therefore, heavy metal toxicity leads to decreased amounts of Nitric Oxide, which leads to unrelaxed blood vessels and associated decreased blood flow, AS WELL as vulnerability to infection of fresh cholesterol by low grade virus, such as Herpes, that can form and break a vesicle within an artery and cause an immediate Hypercoagulable state, with a subsequent blood clot formation and sudden death. Endothelial cells play a vital role in the health and integrity of every tissue of the body. N.O. is a potent vasodilator and a strong anti-oxidant. When the endothelium is damaged, N.O. production is reduced. This leads to the reduction of vasodilatation, or conversely, an increase in vascular constriction. Reduced N.O. production, as a result of toxic metal insult, leads to a reduction in vascular lumen size, restriction of blood flow, and ultimately an increase in blood pressure. This means, in layman's terms, an increased risk of stroke and heart attack. The proper amount of NO secretion is therefore of paramount importance, as imbalance of this contractility function will lead to hypertension, the silent killer. If the local vascular homeostasis is disturbed, it will result in platelet deposition, aggregation and a release of factors that promote smooth muscle proliferation. When this happens, you may get fibrosis, atherosclerosis and thrombus formation. As imbalances are first initiated at the endothelial level, where insults excite an inflammatory response, the endothelium is therefore the first link between inflammation and coagulation. Meanwhile, a small amount of LDL ("Bad") cholesterol that has built up in the artery wall becomes oxidized. Oxidized LDL is one of the triggers that set off a chain reaction. It causes the endothelium to express a special kind of molecule "glue" called ELAMS (endothelial-leukocyte adhesion molecules). These molecules, which happen to be floating by in the bloodstream causes certain kinds of white blood cells (monocytes and T lymphocytes) to stick to the endothelium. At this point in time, the inflammatory response is still well under control and normal, whether it is in the artery or in the tissue. Beyond this point, the healing process goes off track. The white blood cells will start to move between and below the endothelium and cause damage in two major ways. Firstly, they will cause some of the muscles cells in the artery walls to grow and secondly, they incorporate particles into the artery wall, consuming the oxidized LDL particles. What results from here is a fatty streak that becomes a fibrous plaque. Toxic heavy metals are ever ready to attack the endothelium. The endothelium, in an attempt to heal itself, launches an inflammatory response to get rid of the unwanted guests. This intricate process begins in the tissue under the endothelium. Due to inflammatory reactions, the endothelium's structure becomes permeable to lipoproteins, particularly low-density lipoproteins (LDL) and macrophages. These particles will enter into the site of injury, accumulate cholesterol as cholesterylester and develop into foam cells. A raised LDL-cholesterol and related cholesterol carrier called lipoprotein (a) concentration is recognized by many as a major risk factor for heart disease as it appears to be the donor of cholesterol deposited in the atherosclerotic plaque. Being adhesive, the cells will attract other substances, resulting in a continuous deposition of unwanted conglomerate which we call fatty streak. The latter consists of lipids (fats), complex carbohydrates, blood, blood products, fibrous tissue, oxidized ascorbates and calcium deposits. As the fatty streak becomes increasingly larger, this resulting fibrosis forms an "endothelial tumor" or a plaque. The process of plaque formation is called atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis blocks the blood's pathway and narrows the arteries over time. This affords a possible explanation for the beneficial effects of chelation. In addition, EDTA blocks the slow calcium currents in the arterial wall, resulting in arterial vasodilation.
Cardiovascular Disease · High Blood Pressure Angina · Heart Disease · Kidney Disease
The Heavy Metal Connection
It has been known for decades that stockpiling of cadmium in the kidneys causes high blood pressure. Cadmium is unavoidably ubiquitous in our foods. Cadmium isn't the only heavy metal in the environment that can tank up in the kidneys and create hypertension. Lead, mercury, arsenic and other heavy metals have the ability to damage kidneys. They can all damage the endothelial blood vessel lining, damage enzymes crucial in maintaining normal blood pressure, and damage the channels in cell membranes of blood vessel and heart cells so that calcium, magnesium, potassium and other minerals do not flow the way they should, another mechanism to cause high blood pressure. Just having a blood lead level that is "normal", but at the end of normal, increases your chance of cancer 68%, increases your chance of early death from any cause by 46% and death from cardiovascular disease 33% It took decades before scientists began to realize that the cut-off for lead was too high for children to have normal brains and intelligence. Not only are scientists discovering that "normal" blood ranges of heavy metals are much too high for healthful longevity, but that unsuspected heavy metals are the cause of much cardiovascular disease, especially high blood pressure. It is especially imperative to correctly assay for lead if a patient has hypertension because it can not only destroy the kidneys but also brain function. Probably the major underlying condition leading to cardiovascular disease is atherosclerosis, also known as hardening of the arteries. In time, this degenerative disease can narrow or block arteries in the heart, brain, and other parts of the body. It may begin early in life. The linings of the arteries become thickened and roughened by deposits of fat, cholesterol, fibrin (a clotting material), cellular debris, and calcium. As this buildup on the inner walls becomes hard and thick, arteries lose their ability to expand and contract. The blood moves with difficultly through the narrowed channels. This makes it easier for a clot to form that will block the channel (lumen) and deprive the heart, brain, and other organs of the necessary blood supply. In such a situation, how can dilator drugs possibly be effective? When a complete blockage occurs in a vessel to the brain, the result may be a cerebral thrombosis, a form of stroke. Based on what is known, scientists acknowledge the relationship between the amount of cholesterol and saturated fats in the bloodstream, and coronary artery disease-a blockage of the arteries that supply blood to the heart muscle itself. Lead that silently stockpiles in our bodies goes on to contribute not only to high blood pressure, but diabetes and kidney disease necessitating renal dialysis. But like many heavy metals, this is not easy to find with just a blood level diagnostic due to the fact that the majority of toxins are hiding elsewhere. They hide out in the bones. Unfortunately as people age, they tend to get lower in minerals, leading to bone loss and osteoporosis. Along with this, the heavy metals start to leach out of the bone storage and land in important organs, like blood vessels, heart, kidney and more TRIGGERING high blood pressure, heart disease, with various names like angina, arrhythmias or congestive heart failure, or they get cancers from these heavy metals too. People so often do everything they are told to do by conventional wisdom, yet blood pressure remains high regardless of what they do. Some people feel they are sentenced to a lifetime of blood pressure pills and are unable to achieve a high level of health and get off the drug merry-go-round. For these people who are stranded with the label of high blood pressure, or any other medical label that is going nowhere, they most likely have heavy metal syndrome. It therefore imperative for people today to identify if you do have heavy, then get rid of heavy metals and restore normal blood pressure. By improving blood circulation, chelation benefits patients with claudication, high blood pressure, erectile dysfunction, prostate issues, macular degeneration, glaucoma, pancreatitis, gout, rheumatoid and osteoarthritis, chronic fatigue syndrome, Fibromyalgia, dementia, multiple sclerosis, and cancer.

Lessons of Heart Disease, Learned and Ignored

Keith Orr thought he would surprise his doctor when he came for a checkup

His doctor had told him to have a weight-loss operation to reduce the amount of food his stomach could hold, worried because Mr. Orr, at 6 feet 2 inches, weighed 278 pounds. He also had a blood sugar level so high he was on the verge of diabetes and a strong family history of early death from heart attacks. And Mr. Orr, who is 44, had already had a heart attack in 1998 when he was 35.
But Mr. Orr had a secret plan. He had been quietly dieting and exercising for four months and lost 45 pounds. He envisioned himself proudly telling his doctor what he had done, sure his tests would show a huge drop in his blood sugar and cholesterol levels. He planned to confess that he had also stopped taking all of his prescription drugs for heart disease.
After all, he reasoned, with his improved diet and exercise, he no longer needed the drugs. And, anyway, he had never taken his medications regularly, so stopping altogether would not make much difference, he decided.
But the surprise was not what Mr. Orr had anticipated. On Feb. 6, one week before the appointment with his doctor, Mr. Orr was working out at a gym near his home in Boston when he felt a tightness in his chest. It was the start of a massive heart attack, with the sort of blockage in an artery that doctors call the widow-maker.
He survived, miraculously, with little or no damage to his heart. But his story illustrates the reasons that heart disease still kills more Americans than any other disease, as it has for nearly a century.
Medical research has revealed enough about the causes and prevention of heart attacks that they could be nearly eliminated. Yet nearly 16 million Americans are living with coronary heart disease, and nearly half a million die from it each year.
It’s not that prevention doesn’t work, and it’s not that once someone has a heart attack there is little to be done. In fact, said Dr. Elizabeth Nabel, director of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute at the National Institutes of Health, age-adjusted death rates for heart disease dropped precipitously in the past few decades, and prevention and better treatment are major reasons why.
But the concern, Dr. Nabel and others say, is that much more could be done. In many ways, scientists’ hard-won and increasingly detailed understanding of what causes heart disease and what to do for it often goes unknown or ignored.
Studies reveal, for example, that people have only about an hour to get their arteries open during a heart attack if they are to avoid permanent heart damage. Yet, recent surveys find, fewer than 10 percent get to a hospital that fast, sometimes because they are reluctant to acknowledge what is happening. And most who reach the hospital quickly do not receive the optimal treatment — many American hospitals are not fully equipped to provide it but are reluctant to give up heart patients because they are so profitable.
And new studies reveal that even though drugs can protect people who already had a heart attack from having another, many patients get the wrong doses and most, Mr. Orr included, stop taking the drugs in a matter of months. They should take the drugs for the rest of their lives.
“We’ve done pretty well,” Dr. Nabel said. “But we could be doing much better. I’ve heard some people refer to it as the rule of halves. Half the people who need to be treated are treated and half who are treated are adequately treated.”
The result, heart researchers say, is a huge disconnect between what is possible and what is actually happening.
Crucial Miscalculations
Keith Orr’s story has themes that resonate with every cardiologist. He did many things right, but also made some crucial miscalculations that were so common that nearly every patient makes them, cardiologists say. But not everyone comes out as well.
Mr. Orr anticipated a pleasant day on Feb. 6, starting with a workout at his gym, then lunch with a friend before he went to work at Smith & Wollensky, a steakhouse where he is a manager.
He arrived at the gym around noon and lifted weights, concentrating on the pectoral muscles of his chest. Then he moved on to an elliptical cross-trainer for cardiovascular exercise.
After half an hour on the elliptical, Mr. Orr felt a tightness in his chest. “I attributed it to the weight training,” he said, but stopped exercising, showered, dressed and walked to his car.
“I felt really bad, out of sorts,” he said. The pressure in his chest would ease off and then intensify, and now he was sweating profusely and was nauseated. When he arrived at the restaurant, he told his friend Darrin Friedman that he would have to beg off from lunch. “I feel like hell,” he told Mr. Friedman.
He went home and lay on his bed.
“I knew at that point that it was not a pulled muscle,” Mr. Orr said. “It’s a completely different feeling of pressure and discomfort. You feel as though something is genuinely wrong.”
It was 3:15. And the pain was no longer intermittent. It was constant.
Mr. Orr called Mr. Friedman and asked him to drive him to an emergency room. A few minutes later, the two set off for Brigham and Women’s Hospital, about a 10-minute drive.

Causes

Most heart attacks are caused by a blood clot that blocks one of the coronary arteries. The coronary arteries bring blood and oxygen to the heart. If the blood flow is blocked, the heart starves for oxygen and heart cells die.
A clot most often forms in a coronary artery that has become narrow because of the build-up of a substance called plaque along the artery walls. (See: atherosclerosis) Sometimes, the plaque cracks and triggers a blood clot to form.
Occasionally, sudden overwhelming stress can trigger a heart attack.
It is difficult to estimate exactly how common heart attacks are because as many as 200,000 to 300,000 people in the United States die each year before medical help is sought. It is estimated that approximately 1 million patients visit the hospital each year with a heart attack. About 1 out of every 5 deaths are due to a heart attack.
Risk factors for heart attack and coronary artery disease include:
Bad genes (hereditary factors)
Being male
Diabetes
Getting older
High blood pressure
Smoking
Too much fat in your diet
Unhealthy cholesterol levels, especially high LDL ("bad") cholesterol and low HDL ("good") cholesterol
Higher-than-normal levels of homocysteine, C-reactive protein, and fibrinogen may also increase your risk for a heart attack. Homocysteine is an amino acid. C-reactive protein and fibrinogen are linked to inflammation. Fibrinogen is also involved in blood clotting.

Symptoms »

Chest pain is a major symptom of heart attack. However, some people may have little or no chest pain, especially the elderly and those with diabetes. This is called a silent heart attack.
The pain may be felt in only one part of the body or move from your chest to your arms, shoulder, neck, teeth, jaw, belly area, or back.
The pain can be severe or mild. It can feel like:
Squeezing or heavy pressure
A tight band around the chest
Something heavy sitting on your chest
Bad indigestion
Pain usually lasts longer than 20 minutes. Rest and a medicine called nitroglycerine do not completely relieve the pain of a heart attack.
Other symptoms of a heart attack include:
Shortness of breath
Nausea or vomiting
Anxiety
Cough
Fainting
Lightheadedness - dizziness
Palpitations (feeling like your heart is beating too fast)
Sweating, which may be extreme

Heartburn

Common Causes
Almost everyone has occasional heartburn. If you have frequent, ongoing heartburn, you may have gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).
Normally, when food or liquid enters your stomach, a band of muscle at the end of your esophagus (called the lower esophageal sphincter or LES) closes off the esophagus. If this muscle fails to close tightly enough, stomach contents can back up (reflux) into the esophagus. This partially digested material is usually acidic and can irritate the esophagus, causing heartburn and other symptoms.
Heartburn is more likely to occur if you have a hiatal hernia, which is when the top part of the stomach protrudes upward into the chest cavity. This weakens the LES and makes it easier for acid to reflux from the stomach into the esophagus.
Heartburn can be brought on or worsened by pregnancy and by many different medications.
Such drugs include:
Calcium channel blockers for high blood pressure
Progestin for abnormal menstrual bleeding or birth control
Anticholinergics (e.g., for sea sickness)
Certain bronchodilators for asthma
Tricyclic antidepressants
Dopamine for Parkinson's disease
Sedatives for insomnia or anxiety
Beta blockers for high blood pressure or heart disease
If you suspect that one of your medications may be causing heartburn, talk to your doctor. NEVER change or stop medication you take regularly without talking

Cardiogenic Shock

Cardiogenic shock is a disease state where the heart is damaged enough that it is unable to supply sufficient blood to the body
Alternative Names
Shock - cardiogenic
Causes
Shock occurs whenever the heart is unable to pump enough blood for the needs of the body. Cardiogenic shock can be caused by disorders of the heart muscle, the valves, or the heart's electrical conduction system.
Some related disorders include heart attack, heart failure, cardiomyopathy, rupture of the heart, abnormal heart rhythms, and heart valve disorders (especially leaky valves).
Symptoms
Rapid pulse
Pulse may be weak (thready)
Rapid breathing
Anxiety, nervousness
Skin may feel cool to touch
Weakness, lethargy, fatigue
Decreased mental status
Loss of alertness
Loss of ability to concentrate
Restlessness, agitation, confusion
Coma
Skin color pale or mottled
Profuse sweating, moist skin
Decreased urine output (or none)
Signs and Tests
An examination will reveal low blood pressure (less than 90 systolic), and the blood pressure may drop more than 10 points when the patient stands up after lying down (orthostatic hypotension). The pulse may be weak or absent.
To diagnose cardiogenic shock, a catheter (tube) may be placed in the pulmonary artery. Measurements often indicate that blood is backing up into the lungs and that the heart has poor pumping function.
Tests used in patients with cardiogenic shock include:
Electrocardiogram
Coronary angiography
Echocardiogram
Nuclear scans
Other tests may be recommended to determine the cause of the heart's failure to function properly.
Laboratory tests include:
CBC
Type and cross-match blood for possible transfusion
Arterial blood gas
Blood chemistry (chem-7, chem-20, electrolytes, cardiac enzymes)
Treatment
Cardiogenic shock is a medical emergency. Treatment requires hospitalization. The goal of treatment is to save the patient's life and treat the underlying cause of shock.
Dopamine, dobutamine, epinephrine, norepinephrine, amrinone, or other medications may be required to increase blood pressure and heart functioning. Pain medicine may be given if necessary. Bed rest is recommended to reduce demands on the heart.
Oxygen reduces the workload of the heart by reducing tissue demands for blood flow.
Intravenous fluids, including blood and blood products, may be given if indicated.
Other treatments of shock may include:
Cardiac pacing (pacemaker)
Heart monitoring, including hemodynamic monitoring, to guide treatment
Intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation (IABP) to improve heart and blood vessel (cardiovascular) function
Note: Surgical repair of the cause should be performed if it is feasible. Balloon angioplasty (PTCA) may be an alternative to surgery in some cases.
(prognosis)
Approximately 80% of cases of cardiogenic shock are fatal, even with treatment.

Kidney damage
Brain damage
Liver damage
Your Health Care Provider
Go to the emergency room or call the local emergency number (such as 911) if symptoms are present. Cardiogenic shock is a medical emergency.
Prevention
The risk may be reduced by prompt, aggressive treatment of related disorders.

Diagnosis

When a patient comes to the hospital with chest pain, the following diagnostic steps are usually taken to determine any heart problems, and, if present, their severity:
The patient will report all symptoms so that a health care provider can rule out either a non-heart problem or possible other serious accompanying conditions.
An electrocardiogram (ECG) reading is taken, recording the waves made by the heart. It is the key tool for determining if heart problems are causing chest pain and, if so, how severe they are.
Blood tests showing elevated levels of certain factors (troponins and CK-MB) indicate heart damage. (The doctor will not wait for results, however, before administering treatment if a heart attack is strongly suspected.)
Imaging tests, including echocardiogram and perfusion scintigraphy, help rule

Electrocardiogram (ECG)

An electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG) measures and records the electrical activity of the heart. The waves measured by the ECG correspond to the contraction and relaxation pattern of the different parts of the heart. Specific waves seen on an ECG are named with letters:P. The P wave is associated with the contractions of the atria (the two chambers in the heart that receive blood from outside).
QRS. The QRS is a series of waves associated with ventricular contractions. (The ventricles are the two major pumping chambers in the heart.)
T and U. These waves follow the ventricular contractionsDoctors use a term called the P-Q or P-R interval, which is the time taken for an electrical impulse to travel from the atria to the ventricle.
The most important wave patterns in diagnosing and determining treatment for a heart attack are called ST elevations and Q waves.
Elevated ST Segments: Heart Attack. Elevated ST segments are strong indicators of a heart attack in patients with symptoms and other indicators. They suggest that an artery to the heart is blocked and that the full thickness of the heart muscle is damaged. When this finding coincides with a heart attack, the condition is sometimes referred to as either a Q-wave myocardial infarction or a STEMI (ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction). STEMI heart attacks are very severe and usually have complete artery blockage. ST-elevations are strong indicators for aggressive treatments (thrombolytic drugs or angioplasty) to reopen blood vessels. (ST segment elevations do not always mean the patient has a heart attack. Also, some patients do not have elevated ST segments. Other factors are important in making a diagnosis.)
Non-Elevated ST Segments: Angina and Acute Coronary Syndrome. A depressed or horizontal ST wave suggests some blockage and the presence of heart disease, even if there is no angina present. It occurs in about half of patients with other signs of a heart event. This finding, however, is not very accurate, particularly in women, and can occur without heart problems. In such cases, laboratory tests are needed to determine the extent, if any, of heart damage. In general, one of the following conditions may be present:
Stable Angina (blood test results or other tests show no serious problems and chest pain resolves). Most patients with angina can go home. (Between 25 - 50% of people who have angina or silent ischemia have normal ECG readings.)
Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS). This includes severe and sudden heart conditions that require aggressive treatment but have not developed into a full-blown heart attack. ACS, refers to either unstable angina or NSTEMI (non ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction) -- also referred to as non Q-wave myocardial infarction. Unstable angina is potentially serious, and chest pain is persistent, but blood tests do not show markers for heart attack. With NSTEMI, the blood tests suggest a developing heart attack, but most likely, injury in the arteries is less serious than with a full-blown heart attack

Echocardiogram

An echocardiogram is a noninvasive test that uses ultrasound images of the heart. This test is more expensive than an ECG, but it can be very valuable, particularly when used with an exercise stress test, to detect the location and extent of heart muscle damage

Radionuclide Imaging (Thallium Stress Test)

Radionuclide procedures use imaging techniques and computer analyses to plot and detect the passage of radioactive tracers through the region of the heart. Such tracing elements are typically given intravenously. Radionuclide imaging is useful for diagnosing and determining:
Severity of unstable angina when less expensive diagnostic approaches are unavailable or unreliable
Severity of chronic coronary artery disease
Success of surgeries for coronary artery disease
Whether a heart attack has occurred
The procedure is noninvasive. It is a reliable measure of severe heart events and can help identify if damage has occurred from a heart attack. A radioactive isotope such as thallium (or technetium) is injected into the patient's vein. The radioactive isotope attaches to red blood cells and passes through the heart in the circulating blood. The isotope can then be traced through the heart using special cameras or scanners. The images may be combined with an electrocardiogram. The patient is tested while resting, then tested again during an exercise stress test. If the scan detects damage, more images are taken 3 or 4 hours later. Damage due to a prior heart attack will persist when the heart scan is repeated. Injury caused by angina, however, will have resolved by that time.

Angiography

If you had a heart attack, you will need to stay in the hospital, possibly in the intensive care unit (ICU). You will be hooked up to an ECG machine, so the health care team can look at how your heart is beating. Life-threatening arrhythmias (irregular heart beats) are the leading cause of death in the first few hours of a heart attack.
The health care team will give you oxygen, even if your blood oxygen levels are normal. This is done so that your body tissues have easy access to oxygen, so your heart doesn't have to work as hard.
An intravenous line (IV) will be placed into one of your veins. Medicines and fluids pass through this IV. You may need a tube inserted into your bladder (urinary catheter) so that doctors can see how much fluid your body gets rid of.
THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY
Depending on the results of the ECG, certain patients may be given blood thinners within 12 hours of when they first felt the chest pain. This is called thrombolytic therapy. The medicine is first given through an IV. Blood thinners taken by mouth may be prescribed later to prevent clots from forming.
Thrombolytic therapy is not appropriate for people who have:
Bleeding inside their head (intracranial hemorrhage)
Brain abnormalities such as tumors or blood vessel malformations
Stroke within the past 3 months (or possibly longer)
Head injury within the past 3 months
Thrombolytic therapy is extremely dangerous in women who are pregnant or persons who have:
Severe high blood pressure
Had major surgery or a major injury within the past 3 weeks
Internal bleeding within the past 2-4 weeks
Peptic ulcer disease
A history of using blood thinners such as coumadin
MEDICINES FOR HEART ATTACKS
Many different medicines are used to treat and prevent heart attacks. Nitroglycein helps reduce chest pain. You may also receive strong medicines to relieve pain.
Antiplatelet medicines help prevent clot formation. Aspirin is an antiplatelet drug. Another one is clopidogrel (Plavix).
Beta-blockers (such as metoprolol, atenolol, and propranolol) help reduce the strain on the heart and lower blood pressure.
ACE inhibitors (such as ramipril, lisinopril, enalapril, or captopril) are used to prevent heart failure and lower blood pressure.
SURGERY AND OTHER PROCEDURES
A procedure called angioplasty may be needed to open blocked coronary arteries. This procedure may be used instead of thrombolytic therapy. Angioplasty with stenting can be a life-saving procedure if you are having a heart attack. However, for persons with coronary heart disease, recent studies show that medicine and angioplasty with stenting have equal benefits. Angioplasty with stenting does not help you live longer, but it can reduce angina or other symptoms of coronary artery disease.
Some people may need emergency coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG).

Expectations (prognosis)

How well you do after a heart attack depends on the amount and location of damaged tissue. Your outcome is worse if the heart attack caused damage to the signaling system that tells the heart to contract.
About a third of heart attacks are deadly. If you live 2 hours after an attack, you are likely to survive, but you may have complications. Those who do not have complications may fully recover.
Usually a person who has had a heart attack can slowly go back to normal activities, including sexual activity.

Complications

Blood clot in the lungs (pulmonary embolism)
Cardiogenic shock
Congestive heart failure
Damage extending past heart tissue (infarct extension)
Damage to heart valves or the wall between the two sides of the heart
Inflammation around the lining of the heart (pericarditis)
Irregular heart beats, including ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation
Side effects of drug treatment

Calling Your Health Care Provider

Calling Your Health Care Provider
Immediately call your local emergency number (such as 911) or go to the hospital emergency room if you have symptoms of a heart attack.

Prevention

To prevent a heart attack:
Keep your blood pressure, blood sugar, and cholesterol under control.
Don't smoke.
Consider drinking 1 to 2 glasses of alcohol or wine each day. Moderate amounts of alcohol may reduce your risk of cardiovascular problems. However, drinking larger amounts does more harm than good.
Eat a low fat diet rich in fruits and vegetables and low in animal fat.
Eat fish twice a week. Baked or grilled fish is better than fried fish. Frying can destroy some of the benefits.
Exercise daily or several times a week. Walking is a good form of exercise. Talk to your doctor before starting an exercise routine.
Lose weight if you are overweight.
If you have one or more risk factors for heart disease, talk to your doctor about possibly taking aspirin to help prevent a heart attack. Aspirin therapy (dose 75 mg to 325 mg a day) or a drug called clopidogrel may be prescribed for women at high risk for heart disease. Aspirin therapy is recommended for women over age 65 to prevent heart attack and stroke as long as blood pressure is controlled and the benefit is likely to outweigh the risk of gastrointestinal side effects. Regular use of aspirin is not recommended for healthy women under age 65 to prevent heart attacks.
New guidelines no longer recommend hormone replacement therapy, vitamins E or C, antioxidants, or folic acid to prevent heart disease.
After a heart attack, you will need regular follow-up care to reduce the risk of having a second heart attack. Often, a cardiac rehabilitation program is recommended to help you gradually return to a normal lifestyle. Always follow the exercise, diet, and medication plan prescribed by your doctor.

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CARDIOLOGY

Cardiovascular (Heart) Disease is Blocked Arteries
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Blocked Arteries cause High Blood Pressure
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High Blood Pressure Leads to Strokes & Heart Attacks

If you want to reverse cardiovascular disease and prevent a heart attack then you need to be aware of the real cause. Blocked arteries are caused by calcium plaque not cholesterol. Angioprim is the best method to dissolve plaque and open blocked arteries even when they are 100% blocked. Don't be fooled Angioprim is the Original Liquid Oral Chelator and nothing else will come close to the fast and complete benefits it provides. Angioprim is your best choice to great health without surgery or drugs.
Angioprim really WORKS and it works fast, within days you will see an improvement and within weeks you will have clean arteries and a healthy new body! There is nothing available today that can outperform Angioprim.
Angioprim is a fountain of youth and not a myth. With a free-flowing circulatory system your vitality returns and the youthful body you remember will once again exist. You will see your health improved in many ways that you would never expect. You will regain youthful energy because your vital organs have been flushed and revitalized. This means the symptoms of: Diabetes, Arthritis, Osteoporosis, Thyroid, Prostate, Macular Degeneration, Tinnitus, Kidney stones, Gallstones, Lupus and other immune disorders will improve. Almost all our customers experience significant and long lasting improvements.
Much of the information about Angioprim may seem like an exaggeration. Just read on. The typical person will wonder, is it Snake oil or is it real? If you are like many looking for a longer, healthier life then read on and learn the truth about aging, poor health and their causes. You will also learn how you can fight against it. We believe word of mouth from satisfied customers is the best way to tell if a product is good, not trumped up testimonials that could be written by anyone. We have customers all over the world with real names and phone numbers willing to talk to you to discuss their experiences using Angioprim.
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Angina and Chest Pain

are warning signs that you are headed for a heart attack
Sometimes you don't get a warning.
Forty percent of the people that experience a first time heart attack are unaware they have a problem. It's like being shot by a sniper. When a heart attack happens it’s too late and those forty percent are gone without a hope. Angioprim could have been their hope for a longer life!
High Blood Pressure is often the first Warning
High Blood pressure is caused when arteries become clogged and restrict blood flow. This causes the heart (our blood pump) to work harder, higher pressure is needed to keep the same amount of blood flowing in restricted arteries. You don't need to have to have all your arteries restricted, just one or two small blockages almost anywhere in your body can act like a dam, holding back blood flow and increasing blood pressure. The other symptoms of heart disease follow with chest and arm pain, tightness of the chest, numbness of the extremities, shortness of breath, fatigue and low energy. http://www.bloodpressurewarning.com
Almost everyone over 40 is at risk of heart disease because arteries start accumulating plaque when you are much younger. There are only a few good options that will reverse or prevent a Heart Attack like: an all fish diet and totally eliminating dairy products. Drugs won't do it, controlling your cholesterol and blood pressure will only delay the big one for a little while. Bypass surgery and Angioplasty are somewhat effective but often have to be repeated every few years. The bad part of surgery is, it often causes physical and mental health problems and only addresses the worst blockages that are easy to clean. Angioprim finds and clears those stubborn hard to get arteries.

Heart disease can be a thing of the past

Heart disease can be a thing of the past
Angioprim will do no harm and is very safe because it dissolves plaque at the molecular level, one atom at a time. When a Doctor does Angioplasty surgery a balloon on the end of a catheter is inserted into your artery to squash the offending plaque against the wall of your artery, it is then held captive with a wire metal stent that looks much like a Chinese finger lock. The catheter passing through the arteries often damage the arteries and cause plaque to be scraped off in large chunks, that plaque is flushed through your body and often ends up in the brain causing paralysis, mental deficiencies, or a stroke. After surgery you will still have Heart disease, because the plaque buildup under the stent and in other areas of your body has not been removed. The catheter cannot get to and clean the small arteries and arterioles that cause congestive heart disease. That's why they call it Congestive Heart Failure, it's the failure of the surgeon to be able to clean and remove the plaque.
Angioprim cleans all your arteries including the small arterioles and capillaries that Surgery can't clean. You have a choice, you don't need stress tests, drugs, diet or surgery, Angioprim dissolves the plaque in your arteries along with the plaque in your vital organs. You can forget about heart disease.
Fast
Angioprim works in days not months and is up to 20 times faster than IV Chelation. Compared to pills, potions, powders, suppositories and other chelation products Angioprim is in WARP Drive. Angioprim can get you out of the danger zone fast often in only a few days. Angioprim has no equal as there is no other product available that will provide such positive and fast results. Ask our competitors how fast their product works. IV Chelation takes many months, sometimes more than a year to do what Angioprim does in a few weeks. IV Chelation costs thousands of dollars compared to the a few hundreds for Angioprim.
Effective
Angioprim is the most effective cardiovascular cleaner available at any price. No matter what your age or health condition there is always hope, you can extend your life and add life to your years. Angioprim is a miraculous elixir of youth, your overall health will improve, pain will go away, your vitality and energy levels will increase and you will truly feel younger. No other product comes close to providing the many health improvements that Angioprim does.
Safe
Angioprim is a synergistic combination of Amino acids, the building blocks of your body, they are essential elements of good health that your body welcomes and needs. You can trust Angioprim to improve your cardiovascular health.
Low Cost
Angioprim. You can buy a low cost bottle of EDTA pills or powder and keep buying for a year or more with hope of getting a some measure of relief or... with your initial purchase of Angioprim you can expect to dissolve your artery blockage in only a few weeks and will eliminate the ongoing cost of drugs and medical treatment.

The Warning Signs of Heart Disease Are:

·High blood pressure?
· Fingers or toes feel cold?
· Night cramps in hands or feet?
· A diagonal crease in your earlobe?
· Your arms or legs often "go to sleep"?
· Experience numbness in the arms or legs?
· Your lips or fingers have a tingling sensation?
· Breathless with slight exertion or if lying down?
· On short walks, your legs get aches or pains?
· A whitish ring under the cornea in your eye?
· Your memory worse than it used to be?
· Ankles that swell late in the day?
Loss of Sexual Potency?
If you answered yes to even one of these questions, you have early warning signs of blocked arteries and cardiovascular disease. Your body is telling you that it’s time to improve your health.

resuscitated after the heart stops.

Only 20% survive being resuscitated after the heart stops.
I walked out of the hospital in much worse health than when I went in. I could only walk up a half a flight of stairs before I had to rest and catch my breath. I had no oxygen flow below my waist, my legs were always fatigued. By-pass surgery was not an option and a heart transplant was never going to happen.

I had to solve my own problem.

What did I do? The first therapy I tried for my heart disease was Garlic and B-Vitamins with Niacin and an assortment vitamins minerals and amino acids, I walked around with a red face and felt like my head was on fire and about to explode. The next thing I tried was Chinese herbs, they seemed to make a little improvement, but nothing that was going to greatly improve my life. The herbs were very expensive, time consuming and they smelled awful, I still couldn't walk up more than 7 steps at a time.
I asked myself what is causing this blockage, I already had a pretty good idea that cholesterol build up was not to blame. I had read a lot of medical reports and science articles relating to heart disease and I knew calcium had a very big part in creating plaque and scale build-up. In the Navy I was a Hospital Corpsman and I had seen several autopsies. One older man had a yellow discolored heart and after cutting it open you could see the buildup of fatty deposits and hard yellow caked on material that the doctor called scale.

I thought calcium might be the problem.

Vitamin and Minerals, the word minerals is another way of saying metals and one of the most misunderstood metals is calcium. Calcium buildup in your home plumbing becomes scale. When that same calcium is built-up in your arteries it's called plaque. Plaque in your arteries is the same as Kidney stones or gallstones or plaque on your teeth.
I had read an article in Science Digest of a new scanning machine designed to find arterial plaque it was tuned for calcium and could show blockages from head to toe. Maybe they were on to the real cause of heart disease and were not telling people.
Living was hopeless for me and I felt like an invalid, I couldn't do anything physical. I thought about a product I had previously developed for water treatment, it dissolved plaque and broke down calcium scale in swimming pools and in the pipes of home plumbing systems. I took the bull by the horns and decided to risk my life in an effort to improve my health. I reasoned, maybe the calcium remover might work to break down the calcium scale and plaque in my arteries? I thought it was safe because the calcium remover was a food grade additive, used as a preservative for bread. I had no idea of the amount to use, so I started with what I thought was a small amount, I mixed it with orange juice and down the hatch. In less than a minute, my stomach was in such pain it was like I was kicked by a horse. I was vomiting and had diarrhea at the same time. After I lost most of the fluids in my body, I crawled into bed and was in pain all night. I got little sleep that night and when I awoke, I went to the bathroom and brushed my teeth. I looked in the mirror and my mouth was flowing red with blood. I thought to myself, "I've done it now. I rushed upstairs to tell my wife I killed myself, she was gone and I went to her bathroom to see the bleeding, no more blood it stopped. I looked around and realized I was upstairs and I wasn't out of breath, this was a miracle and my legs weren't fatigued, Holy Buckets it really worked.
Why did my mouth bleed? First of all, I took way too much calcium remover, this resulted in breaking down scale built-up scale under my gums. When I brushed my teeth, the tooth brush bristles damaged the tiny blood vessels that were previously protected by the scale. This was how I began the development of Angioprim.
I have an aunt with arteriosclerosis that has been told her carotid artery is almost completely blocked. She is going blind and will soon die. Her carotid artery is plugging up just like the old mans heart. She refused my offer of Angioprim because her doctor told her it wouldn't work. Three weeks later she died. Obviously her choice wasn't the right one.
I have been using Angioprim for over 12 years. Angioprim for me was very fast acting and dissolved my arterial plaque virtually overnight. I was lucky, for a very small price I gained a very great improvement in my health.
I still eat too many things that are bad for me like: popcorn with butter, lobster, steaks, chicken wings, potato chips and way too much red meat and salt. I know the worst things I can consume are dairy products and anything with cream or butter. After going to the movie and eating a big bag of popcorn, within an hour, I feel pressure and pain building up in my chest. When I get home I'll have Angioprim and in a few hours I'll feel fine.
I know I have an on-going condition with 80% artery blockage because of the stent, I know I should exercise and eat a lot healthier but, to me eating vegetables and salad isn't very appealing. The last time I was in the hospital they put me on a low sodium diet and all the food was tasteless...I couldn't wait to get a decent meal with salt.
With age comes changes, and like an old dog our eyesight weakens our hearing diminishes, we get more aches and pains, we don't sleep as well, our energy level is reduced and our memories fade. This is called aging. Here is the surprise-- these things are not really caused by aging. They happen as we age and are caused by calcium plugging up our body, this can be prevented and reversed. Angioprim use will make you feel younger. I Know, Angioprim gave me the benefits of a younger and healthier body.
You don't have to go through what I did, you can get the same results and clean your system quickly with Angioprim.
Sincerely, Thomas Snee SR.