-mr. katz has had severe coronary artery disease and underwent multiple coronary stent procedures in the hospital. he still had severe angina despite all the procedures and was referred to my clinic for a cardiac therapy called e.e.c.p. -after having the pain in my legs for about 10 years, dr. kim did a sonogram and found out which veins were not operating completely. i had a reversed blood flow, and he said, "we have to close these off, because you start to pool the blood, and that's what's giving you the pain." he says, "i can't cure the pain, but what we can do is reduce the pain," which is what has happened. -the venous laser ablations -- so, we're doing this procedure for the people who are suffering from venous insufficiency. so, basically, we insert a catheter to the vein, the diseased vein, and then we close it up, and, so, no more are patients kind of suffering from the pain or cramping or swelling, which from the venous insufficiency. -although he's not completely cured, harvey is fee