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Apart from providing the best treatment of EECP for all types of Cardio Vascular Diseases at a very affordable price, PGS Hospitals offers the following therapies related to the cardiac problems:

Artery Clearance Therapy :

Artery Clearance Therapy is one of the safest medical procedure involving the intravenous in fusion of a medicine called EDTA (Ethyl Di-amino Tetra Acetic Acid). This therapy is a relatively inexpensive treatment to improve and restore coronary blood flow & elasticity of blood vessels in heart patients with atherosclerosis (blockage) without surgery.

Artery Clearance Therapy(ACT) is non-operative treatment to prevent and reverse heart diseases and other blood vessels and pollution related diseases. It consists of Anti-oxidants, Artery Clearance Therap(CT) and Lifestyle Management.

How are the medicines given?

The medicines are given by intravenous drip lasting about 3 hours. The number of drips depends on the severity of the disease.

How effective is ACT?

It is about 90% successful i.e. 90 out of 100 patients treated with ACT improve. Results vary from patient to patient depending on the disease process.

What if ACT fails?

Where ACT fails, angioplasty and bypass still remains available as alternatives.

Can ACT be used to prevent heart attacks?

Yes, by reversing atherosclerosis it can prevent heart attacks in many patients.

IS ACT ACCEPTED BY ALL DOCTORS?

  • HB –To know iron levels since low hemoglobin can increase work of heart
  • ESR/CBC – Marker of any active infection in body.
  • FBS – PLBS – To check sugar levels for diabetes.
  • Lipid Profile – To check fats in blood since blockages are deposits of cholesterol
  • S Creatinine/BUN – To assess functions of kidneys
  • SGOT/PT – To asses function of liver
  • Se. Uric Acid – To check stone forming tendency
  • Se Calcium
  • Bleeding time & Clotting Time – To check bleeding tendencies in body.
  • Urine & Stool – To detect occult blood.
  • Chest X-ray – To find active infection in lungs, size of heart, condition of lungs.
  • USG-KUB – To assess the structure of kidneys, urinary bladder and to detect any abnormality.
  • Stress Test – To know exercise tolerance capacity of heart. To set goals for exercise program.
  • 2D Echo – To visualize the structure of heart. Pumping of heart i.e. EF, working of valves, blood flow across four chambers of heart, to assess any damage.
  • 3D Cartography – To detect blood flow in all three arteries of heart – right coronary LAD & LCX

    • Kindly note that baseline investigation mentioned here are noninvasive (i.e. no needle, dye, injection). All investigation has certain merits and demerits. The treating Physician has to intelligently look into your medical history; your symptoms and investigation reports plan treatment options for you.

Arterial Clearance Therapy

  • 20-30 sittings each of duration of 3-4 hours are required over a period of 3-4 months.
  • EDTA is a ch40,000 miles of arteries of your entire body. elating agent which binds with the calcium and other minerals in the blockages and improves the blood flow in.
  • There are 50 lakhs patients treated with this therapy over the world with no deaths directly associated with it hence it is the safest and with 90% success rate most cost effective alternative to invasive surgeries.
  • Usual side effects would be weakness, giddiness, cramps, burning sensation at injection site which could be removed by dosage alteration. No chances of kidney damage if proper case selection is done and international ACAM protocol is followed which involves meticulous medical monitoring of patients.