Atherosclerosis and Arterial Circulation Disorders

Atherosclerosis is known as hardening of the arteries, artherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and ASCVD is the condition in which arterial wall thickening occurs as the result of deposits of cholesterol, calcium, fibrin, and other materials. This thickening may cause blockages of blood flow leading to pain, shortness of breath, dizziness, weakness, changes skin appearance and texture, poor healing, heart attacks, stroke, leg ulcers, and loss of parts of limbs.

Therapies and treatments used include, but are not limited to: intravenous, chelation therapy; oral, transdermal, and rectal chelation, intravenous and oral phosphatidyl choline, procaine GH3, (embryonic animal) tissue extracts; oral nutritional supplements, diet, herbs, intramuscular molecular modulating injections, pharmaceuticals; anti-inflammatory botanicals, Omega 3 and GLA oils antibiotics and exercise.

Interventional approaches include angioplasty, stents, and bypass surgery. Studies have shown that the interventional approaches in coronary artery disease do not generally stop the progression of the disease, prolong life or reduce the incidence of heart attacks except in a relatively small minority of the cases. When non invasive therapy is used, noninvasive therapy is indicated along with invasive approaches to prevent or reduce the progression of disease and recurrence of symptoms. Statin drugs may reduce the incidence of heart attacks but, as with interventional approaches, at a cost of risking serious bodily damage. Potential harm needs to be weighed against potential benefit when selecting strategies.