![]() ![]() Nutrition, including supplements, minerals, vitamins, essential fatty acids (EFAs) are among the factors that influence heart function.Įach system’s dysfunction and nutritional deficiency has a characteristic graph signature. The function of the heart is affected by many of our systems, i.e., adrenal, liver & gallbladder, circulatory and kidney function, etc. The heart sounds are a reflection of the function of the heart. The “graph signature” is a reflection of the heart sounds. If the heart is inefficient, there are definite patterns associated each type of contributing dysfunction. If the heart is efficient and without stress, the graph is smooth and clear. As a result a dynamic picture is presented of the heart in motion. The ACG records these vibrations at four locations of the heart and provides a “graph signature.” While the opening and closing of the heart valves contributes to the graph, so does the contraction and strength of the heart muscle. The ACG records the vibrations of the heart as the blood moves through the various chambers, valves, and large vessels, hence the name Acoustic CardioGraph. ![]() Qualifies for medical coding and insurance reimbursement.Supports recommended nutritional program.Creates a record of heart sounds to determine patient progress.Reveals high level of detail, enabling doctor to ‘see’ sounds that are not normally detected by the stethoscope.Measures progress of therapeutic intervention program.Measures the heart as a reflection of balanced body chemistry.Shows whether the heart function is optimal or less than functional.Provides a readable “signature” of heart sounds.The Acoustic CardioGraph Company’s Web site, which offers its device for $$6,600 plus shipping, claims the following “benefits”: Acoustic cardiography (also called phonocardiography) has legitimate medical uses, but that has nothing to do with the device discussed in this article. Note: Acoustic cardiography is a general term that describes the use of devices to depict heart sounds. In a speech on the day after the seizure took place, Kenneth Milstead, Deputy Director of the FDA Bureau of Enforcement, described Lee as “probably the largest publisher of unreliable and false nutritional information in the world.” The Government charged that the device’s labeling contained statements that falsely represented it as effective in detecting vitamin deficiencies, high blood pressure, and many other disease conditions. In 1963, the FDA initiated a seizure of three Endocardiographs from the Vitamin Products Company of Maryland (a distributor) along with promotional literature shipped by Lee’s organizations. Literature describing the use of the device also claimed that practitioners could use it to “detect and analyze” enlargement of the heart, heart muscle fatigue, and diseases caused by nutritional deficiencies (which Lee alleged to include virtually all diseases). Lee’s Endocardiograph was an electrical amplifying and recording stethoscope used to “diagnose” disease and prescribe Lee’s vitamin preparations as treatment. The company, still family owned and operated, is now called Standard Process, Inc. Lee (1895-1967), a nonpracticing dentist, founded and operated the Wisconsin-based Vitamin Products Company which sold food supplements, and the Lee Foundation for Nutritional Research, which distributed literature on nutrition and health. It said to be a modern (transistorized) version of the Endocardiograph, a device developed by Royal S. The Acoustic CardioGraph (ACG), marketed by the Acoustic CardioGraph Company of San Diego, alifornia, is used by misguided practitioners (mostly chiropractors and naturopaths) to determine what supplements to sell to their patients. ![]()
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