Preserved benefit of enhanced external counterpulsation in end stage ischemic heart disease

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

Enhanced external counterpulsation for ischemic heart disease: what's behind the curtain?

Enhanced external counterpulsation (EECP) has been shown to reduce angina and to improve objective measures of myocardial ischemia in patients with refractory angina. Prospective clinical studies and large treatment registries suggest that a course of EECP is associated with prolongation of the time to exercise-induced ST-segment depression and resolution of myocardial perfusion defects, as wel...

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...

Ischemic Heart Disease in Patients with End-Stage Kidney Disease.

BACKGROUND It was recently reported that the severity of coronary and carotid atherosclerosis in patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) has improved over the last two decades. However, the frequency of coronary artery events observed at the initiation of dialysis remains high. SUMMARY Recently, 5 different clinical types of acute myocardial infarction (MI) were introduced in the third ...

Ischemic Heart Disease in Patients with End-Stage Kidney Disease

Background: It was recently reported that the severity of coronary and carotid atherosclerosis in patients with endstage kidney disease (ESKD) has improved over the last two decades. However, the frequency of coronary artery events observed at the initiation of dialysis remains high. Summary: Recently, 5 different clinical types of acute myocardial infarction (MI) were introduced in the third u...