background: the aim of this study was to echocardiographically assess the effects of eecp (enhanced external counterpulsation therapy) therapy on systolic and diastolic cardiac function. methods: lvef (left ventricular ejection fraction), esv (end-systolic volume), edv (end-diastolic volume), sm (myocardial systolic wave) , ea (myocardial early diastolic wave), vp (propagation velocity), e/ea (...