Its Value & Effects

The Arterial Disease Clinic conducts a thorough and detailed medical investigation and evaluation on each patient, incorporating past medical history, risk factors, and current conditions and medication.

The Clinic's consultants will advise if treatment is indicated, and if the patient is a suitable candidate for chelation therapy.

In all events the consultant's written report will include recommendations on an appropriate course of action, including self-help.

For those few patients in whom some underlying condition is discovered which prevents chelation therapy, the cliic will suggest functional medical treatments.

When attending the Clinic for the first time, patients are requested to bring details of medication and prescibed dosage. On the first visit the following tests are undertaken. Each test is explained to the patient during their appointment and a written report provided.

Bi-Directional Doppler Examination

This is a painless ultrasonic investigation of 24 main arterial sites feeding the brain and legs. It takes about an hour, and the findings are explained to the patient and recorded on a chart.
The doppler examination reveals:

• Blood flow indicating the possibility of deposits in the arteries breaking away and causing a stroke.
• Signs of hardening inside the capillaries of the brain, which is part of the ageing process and causes memory loss.
• The degree of obstructions in the major arteries, causing impaired blood flow in
  the extremities or overload on the heart.
• At the end of a course of treatment a further doppler test will show the beneficial changes produced by chelation. This is included in the initial charge.

Blood Test

To assess and identify kidney, liver, blood sugar and other key factors such as blood cholesterols. The results are explained to the patient, giving him/her a fuller understanding of the blood chemistry, so that they may take control.

Patients are required to fast for 14 hours before the test. water may be drunk freely, but not tea, coffe, juices or other beverages. Appointments are normally arranged for mid-morning so that food and drink can be consumed up to 8pm the previous evening. On the day of the appointment, any prescribed medication should be taken with water as normal.

Patients are recommended to bring food to eat after the blood sample has been taken. Diabetics should advise the clinic, and seperate arrangements will be made.

Urine Analysis

To establish exactly how the kidneys are functioning. Patients are required to collect urine over a period of 24 hours . This should be as near the date of the blood test as possible, but must not include the 14 hours fasting period prior to the appointment.

A recommended timetable is that the first urine of the day should be excluded, than all subsequent urine for the next 24 hours collected in clean plastic containers. (If collection starts at 8am , this process must be followed until 8am the following day.) eg. Appointment 10am Friday, fasting commences Thursday 8pm. Urine collection starts Wednesday 8am . until Thursday 8am .

Containers should be clearly labelled with the patients names and brought to the clinic at the time of thier appointment.

Doctors Physical Examination

Care and attention during the chelation treatment course, and a follow-ip physical examination siz weeks after the final infusion, are covered by this charge.

One of our doctors conducts a full detailed physical and medical examination in order to establish the patients condition, risk factors and recommended course of action. A written report of his findings is presented, with the patients permission to their GP or consultant.

To date approximately 90% of people seeking chelation have been accepted on medical grounds. Over 85% have shown significant improvement, i.e. angina subsiding, leg circulation restored, mental status benefited.

Resting ECG For Doctors Report

The electrocardiograph (ECG), determines the condition of the heart and measures its actions and the pulse.

The doctor in charge reports any findings inhis medical letter.

This also, is repeated after the chelation course and is a technical record of any improvement in heart function.

Chelation Treatment

The treatment will be conducted as explained before. During the course of each treatment, the patient is carefully monitored, in line with the internationally accepted ACAM standards.

Mid-Stream Urine/Urine Creatinine Test

The progress of the kidney function is measured after each fifth infusion by means of this test. Fasting is not required.

Risk Factor Assessment

Blood tests to measure ferritin, fibrinogen, lipoprotein a, Serum 'E', Red cell magnesium and Homocysteine.

Cholesterol Monitoring

During the course of the chelation treatment, cholesterol levels indicating LDL/HDL/Triglycerides ratios are monitored. Natural regimes are employed, where applicable, to normalize any abnormality.

EDTA Intravenous Infusion

Each intravenous infusion last 3½ hours, and they are usually given once a week.

How many infusions are needed is determined by the patients doppler findings and medical examination. The doctor assesses the likely number, and this is indicated to thepatient before the course begins.

Most patients experience no discomfort during an infusion - they sit, eat, read and chat. Driving immediately afterwards creates no problem.

Infusions must be paid for on a weekly basis.

Vitamin Mineral Supplements

In removing the material which forms the life-threatening deposits, the infusions may also remove beneficial elements.

The vitamin/mineral supplements are an integral part of the treatment and MUST be adhered to as part of the overall patient care plan.

Water Consumption

As the treatment gently "flushes" out the impurities in your blood stream and arteries it passes through your kidney's and bladder. To help this natural process it is important that patients drink plenty of fluids, preferably water. Ideally patients should drink 6 - 8 glasses per day (3 - 4 pints).