Multi-vitamin/Trace Mineral Supplementation Upon Vascular Dynamics: Ankle/Brachial Doppler Systolic Blood Pressure Ratio
E.W. McDonagh, DO, C.J. Rudolph, DO, and E. Cheraskin, MD, DMD
Dr. E.W. McDonagh is founder of the McDonagh Medical Center in Gladstone, Missouri, where he practices with Dr. C..J. Rudolph. Dr. E. Cheraskin is Professor Emeritus and former Chairman of the Department of Oral Medicine at the University of Alabama.
ABSTRACT: A study of 117 lower extremities in 77 elderly patients with documented occlusive peripheral vascular stenosis, diagnosed by the Doppler systolic ankle/brachial (ankle/arm) blood pressure ratio is reported. This study showed that intravenous ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid (EDTA) chelation therapy with supportive multivitamin/trace mineral supplementation improved arterial blood flow to the legs significantly after approximately 60 days and 26 infusions (P<0.001).
[Note: Blood pressure is normally higher in the ankles than in the arms. An A/B ratio of less than approximately 1.0 is considered abnormal and is an indication of blockage to the flow of blood to the legs]
Effect of EDTA Chelation Therapy Plus
Effect of EDTA Chelation Therapy with Vitamin/Mineral Supplementation
upon Ankle-Brachial Systolic Pressure
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