men and women receiving bypass operations? In Dr. Whitaker's opinion

If the profession followed the recommendations of its own scientific studies, the heart surgery industry
would collapse overnight. In order for that industry to survive and flourish, it must perform large
numbers of totally unnecessary procedures. And since that industry churns out about 1,000 newly
minted heart surgeons each year, all eager to ply their craft "helping folks" with this terrible disease, the
heart patient with just a little heart disease swims with sharks in a feeding frenzy. Friends, this is not a
scientific debate among hard-working, concerned physicians doing their best to help their patients. This
is fraud on a monstrous scale.
Robert D. Willix, Jr., M.D., was for many years a successful heart surgeonsuccessful in the financial sense, that
is. When he faced the fact that his patients died or relapsed no matter what he did and that his own health was
suffering as well, Willix turned to alternative therapies and learned how to prevent, treat and even cure heart
disease without drugs or surgery.
Since 1978, angioplasty has surpassed bypass surgery as the favorite procedure, yet six times as many
angioplasty patients need repeat treatment or surgery as those who had bypass. In angioplasty, a tiny balloon is
threaded through blocked arteries and then expanded, supposedly clearing the arteries by pushing fatty "plaque"
against the artery walls.
Some describe this treatment of heart disease as the "clogged drain approach." By any name, it's big business.
"My colleagues perform about 300,000 angioplasties a year at an average cost of $14,000,