IMPACT OF ENHANCED EXTERNAL COUNTERPULSATION ON HEART FAILURE REHOSPITALIZATION AMONG PATIENTS WITH ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY

Clinical effects of enhanced external counterpulsation treatment in patients with ischemic heart failure.

OBJECTIVE Enhanced external counterpulsation (EECP) is a noninvasive treatment that is proven safe and effective in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) and heart failure (HF). The aims of this study are to investigate the clinical effects of EECP therapy in patients with symptomatic CAD and chronic HF, and to find out an answer to the question: Does EECP therapy have any effect on the p...

Enhanced external counterpulsation in ischemic heart disease and congestive heart failure.

Enhanced external counterpulsation improves exercise tolerance in patients with chronic heart failure.

OBJECTIVES The PEECH (Prospective Evaluation of Enhanced External Counterpulsation in Congestive Heart Failure) study assessed the benefits of enhanced external counterpulsation (EECP) in the treatment of patients with mild-to-moderate heart failure (HF). BACKGROUND Enhanced external counterpulsation reduced angina symptoms and extended time to exercise-induced ischemia in patients with coron...

Treating heart failure with enhanced external counterpulsation (EECP): design of the Prospective Evaluation of EECP in Heart Failure (PEECH) trial.

BACKGROUND Enhanced external counterpulsation (EECP) treatment can improve exercise tolerance in patients with ischemic heart disease; however, the possible benefits of EECP in patients with stable heart failure (HF) and left ventricular dysfunction (LVD) are unclear. An open pilot study showed significant increases in exercise tolerance in HF patients undergoing EECP. Thus a larger, controlled...

Enhanced External Counterpulsation in Unrevascularizable Patients.

Enhanced external counterpulsation (EECP) is a noninvasive outpatient therapy for the treatment of chronic angina. EECP treatment produces an acute hemodynamic effect that is similar to that produced by the invasive intra-aortic balloon pump. Three sets of cuffs on the upper thigh, lower thigh, and calves of each leg are inflated with compressed air during the diastolic phase of the cardiac cyc...