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Julian Whitaker, MD

 

Chester was in the intensive care unit, being prepped for triple bypass surgery the next day. He was suffering with unstable angina so severe that merely walking 10 yards brought on chest pain, and blockages from 90-95 percent had been identified in four of his coronary arteries.

 

Having been a patient at the Whitaker Wellness Institute in Miami, Chester was familiar with alternative therapies for heart disease. As his surgery drew near, he made a difficult decision. He checked out of the hospital against the advice of his cardiologists, who unanimously felt that he should be a “surgical candidate,” came to us, and began a course of enhanced external counterpulsation (EECP), a noninvasive mechanical therapy for the treatment of heart disease and other circulatory disorders. After he completed the treatment course six weeks later, Chester felt better than he had in years. He went from barely being able to cross the street to walking a mile and a half twice a day without angina.

 

Chester’s story is more dramatic than most, but the chain of events that led him to us is an all-too-common scenario: chest pain, angiogram, bypass surgery. Chester just chose to step out before the last act, and he is thankful he did.

 

You Have More Options Than You Think

 

What angers me most about the current state of conventional cardiology is that patients are presented with gloom-and-doom scenarios, scared out of their wits, and virtually shoved into unnecessary bypass and other invasive procedures without being offered any alternatives. Folks, you do have other choices.

The therapeutic powers of a low-fat diet, exercise, nutritional supplements targeted at the cardiovascular system are well documented. EDTA chelation therapy is another effective option.

 

But sometimes, particularly in cases of acute angina pectoris such as Chester’s, these aren’t enough.

That’s where EECP comes in. It far surpasses anything I’ve seen for the nonsurgical reduction or elimination of angina.

 

EECP Dramatically Improves Blood Flow to the Heart

 

EECP was developed at Harvard University more than 50 years ago and has been used by hundreds of thousands of people. It has been tested in a number of clinical trials with astoundingly positive results, and its safety record is impeccable. EECP works on a very simple and obvious premise. Since angina is caused by an inadequate blood supply to the heart, the best way to alleviate it is to get more blood to the heart.

 

EECP does this by pumping, literally squeezing blood out of the legs so more blood is delivered to the heart. This increases heart perfusion, or its supply of oxygen and nutrients, via the coronary arteries. EECP doesn’t open previously blocked arteries. Instead, it’s something of a “natural bypass” It improves and increases collateral circulation, the small vessels your heart naturally grows around blocked arteries to “bypass” the blockage.

 

The pumping is done by a body stocking extending from the ankles to just below the waist. You lie on a flat surface and the stocking contracts in rhythm with your natural pulse in a sequential wave-like motion from calves up to buttocks. When it contracts, blood is forced up the legs through the veins, to the heart, and throughout the body. A session lasts one hour, and except for the squeezing sensation, causes no discomfort whatsoever. A usual course is 35 one-hour treatments, five per week over seven weeks, or two treatments a day for four weeks.