Say no to heart drugs

Heart disease remains the #1 cause of death worldwide [Click here](1770d7/ct0_0/1/ms?sid=TV2%3AQTVcsrKZX) to view this message in your browser | [Click here](1770d7/l-002e/zout?sid=TV2%3AQTVcsrKZX) to stop receiving our messages [] [] Al Sears, MD 11905 Southern Blvd. Royal Palm Beach, FL 33411 [] August 16, 2023 [] Reader, Heart disease remains the #1 cause of death worldwide. But it doesn’t have to be... There is a non-invasive heart therapy that – despite being FDA-approved – continues to be ignored by conventional doctors. It’s called enhanced external counterpulsation, or EECP. And it works wonders without any harmful side effects. Most cardiologists, however, have chosen to ignore this treatment because it doesn’t fit the traditional image of what they do. They insist it should only be used as a last resort. But that goes against everything I believe in as a doctor… Because, in many cases, EECP works better than Big Pharma meds and risky, expensive surgeries. Although EECP was invented in the U.S. back in the 1950s, it was soon overshadowed as cardiology went down the more profitable path of drugs and surgery. But doctors in other countries saw its potential. They spent 20 years developing this therapy as a non-surgical way to treat coronary heart disease. The result is that EECP now provides a powerful and proven way to treat heart disease with fewer drugs and without bypass surgeries, balloons, or stents. Perhaps the most remarkable benefit of EECP is its ability to strengthen and repair damaged blood vessels. It can even create additional blood vessels in your heart – flooding it with life-saving volumes of blood you need. These vessels, called collaterals, create new pathways in and around the heart without any surgical grafting. This is why many researchers hail EECP as a “natural bypass.”1 EECP also works wonders with angina sufferers. A study on EECP’s use as a first-line treatment backs up the positive experience reported by the patients in my clinic. The study noted that when used as a primary treatment, 89% of patients had fewer angina attacks.2 In another study involving 1,400 angina patients, 75% had half as many angina attacks following EECP. After three years, almost 17% had no angina at all. 3 EECP activates your body’s heart attack defense system One of the most exciting benefits of EECP is that it boosts the availability of nitric oxide (NO). I call NO nature’s “hydraulic pump” because it gets everything going. You release it from the inner layer of the cells lining your blood vessels. This gas relaxes and widens the lining of your blood vessels and allows blood to flow freely. But following 60-plus years of bad advice – like eating a low-fat diet and doing hours of grueling cardio exercise – has caused nitric oxide production to plummet. Which means your blood doesn’t flow as freely as it used to. This can severely affect your heart and start the deadly process of atherosclerosis. Increasing NO is critical because it inhibits the smooth muscles of your arteries from squeezing shut. It also stops blood clotting, which can cause sudden strokes and heart attacks. NO also contributes to growing new blood vessels and is the most powerful compound in your body for protecting your heart cells. In hundreds of clinical trials, researchers found that people with heart disease had too little nitric oxide production. In fact, one study found that for those with heart disease, the risk of death skyrockets as your production of nitric oxide decreases.4 Unlike the procedures offered by cardiac surgeons, EECP is non-invasive. You lie flat on an exam bed while inflatable cuffs are placed around your calves, thighs, and buttocks. The cuffs compress the blood vessels in your lower limbs and push blood toward the heart. Each wave of increased blood flow is timed to arrive at your heart at the moment it relaxes. When your heart pumps again, pressure is released. That’s it. Instantly, your heart pumps more effectively, and symptoms ease. Are you ready to toss your heart medications? I’ve been so impressed with the scores of clinical papers I’ve read on EECP, I now offer the treatment to patients at my clinic. It’s an easy outpatient procedure. Patients undergo treatment for an hour a day for several weeks. About halfway through, most patients feel their angina improving. At the end of treatment, most patients rarely need to take many of the medications they were previously taking.5 And the effects typically last around five years.6 Along with treating heart disease, my patients have told me that EECP also provides more energy, better endurance, restful sleep, mental clarity, and an overall positive outlook. If you’d like more information on EECP therapy at the Sears Institute for Anti-Aging Medicine, please contact my staff at 561-784-7852. They are more than happy to answer your questions and set you up with an appointment. To Your Good Health, Al Sears, MD, CNS --------------------------------------------------------------- References: 1. Kiefer D. “Doctors ignore proven alternative to coronary stents and bypass surgery.” Life Extension. June 2008. 2. Fitzgerald CP, et al. “Enhanced external counterpulsation as initial revascularization treatment for angina refractory to medical therapy.” Cardiology. 2003;100(3):129-135. 3. Loh PH, et al. “Enhanced external counterpulsation in the treatment of chronic refractory angina: a long-term follow-up outcome from the International Enhanced External Counterpulsation Patient Registry.” Clin Cardiol. 01 Apr 2008, 31(4):159-164. 4. Katz S, et al. “Vascular endothelial dysfunction and mortality risk in patients with chronic heart failure.” Circulation. 2005 Jan 25;111(3):310-4. 5. Cleveland Clinic. “Enhanced external counterpulsation (EECP).” my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treatments/16949-enhanced-external-counterpulsation-eecp#:~:text=EECP%20therapy%20uses%20pressure%20to,be%20active%20without%20experiencing%20symptoms Accessed on August 3, 2023. 6. Fitzgerald CP, et al. “Enhanced external counterpulsation as initial revascularization treatment for angina refractory to medical therapy.” Cardiology. 2003;100(3):129-35. alsearsmd@send.alsearsmd.com [Preferences | Unsubscribe](1770d7/l-002e/zout?sid=TV2%3AQTVcsrKZX) 11905 Southern Blvd., Royal Palm Beach, Florida 33411, United States