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Enhanced external counterpulsation is a procedure performed on individuals with ischemic cardiomyopathy in order to diminish the symptoms of their ischemia. In various studies, EECP has been shown to relieve angina1,2, improve exercise tolerance³, and decrease the degree of ischemia in a cardiac stress test2,3. While an individual is undergoing EECP, they have pneumatic stockings on their legs and are connected to telemetry monitors that monitor their heart rate and...
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What is the difference between external counterpulsation and enhanced external counterpulsation?
I've had ECP - not a lot of improvement. Is Vasomedical's equipment 'better" somehow?

There is no difference. The term Enhanced External Counterpulsation (EECP) describes what happens during treatment. "Enhanced" refers to the state-of-the-art technology that has developed during decades of research and is...

Asked by Dances with Poultry - 23 months ago

Is there anybody going for or have had eecp treatment. Eecp is enhanced external counterpulsation...
This treatment is used for people that cannot or will not have heart bypass surgery...

Hello, I've several years of cardiology experience under my belt. I've only seen about FOUR patients, out of thousands, who have had this. Two of these patients could not tolerate it....

Asked by johnacrawford@btopenworld.com - 4 months ago


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