Vickey Soenichsen (See Video below) said that before she was given the new treatment by Main Life Health Cardiologist Sarang Mangulmurti, that she “was completely exhauseted, all the time. She found out that she had severe blockages in her heart. According to Mangulmurti, clearing severe plaque calcifications, similar to Soenichsen’s can be dangerous. The new technology that he is using breaks up plaque with soundwaves.
Last April, Phillyvoice reported that “Bryn Mawr Hospital is the first hospital in Pennsylvania to enroll a patient in a clinical trial on a new treatment for people with an advanced form of heart disease. The treatment, Intravascular Lithotripsy by Shockwave Medical, uses sonic pressure waves to break up the calcium in arterial plaque blockages, according to a news release from the hospital, which is part of Main Line Health’s Lankenau Heart Institute. By breaking up the calcium deposits, arteries can be opened to restore proper blood flow to allow installation of a stent. The hospital also was the first in the region to lithotripsy to treat calcified leg artery blockages. Lithotripsy has been used since the early 1980s to treat kidney stones, which also form out of calcium.”