EECP is a non-invasive nonsurgical treatment for angina pectoris by increasing coronary blood flow in ischemic areas of the heart.EECP encourages blood vessels to open small channels around the narrowed or blocked arteries which eventually become"natural bypass" vessels to provide blood flow to heart muscle that will relieve or eliminate angina.It's also widely used in coronary heart disease,male functional sexual dysfunction,early high blood diseases,high blood sugar and poor blood circulation caused vertigo,dizziness,cervical spondylosis and physical fatigue. It's popular installed in rehabilitation centres,fitness clubs,heart clinics,and hospitals.
How it works:
While EECP is performed,you will be lying on a bed wearing a series of pressure cuffs around calved,lower thighs and upper thighs.The EECP system includes a pressure source that inflates and deflates these cuffs,the pressure moves the blood from your lower limbs toward the heart.Each wave of pressure is timed with your heartbeat via ECG signal.So that the increased blood flow is delivered to your heart at the precise moment when heart relaxing.When the heart pumps again,the pressure in cuffs is withdrawn immediately.This lowers resistance in your legs so that blood pumped more easily from the heart.
In a word,EECP pumps when you heart is resting and releases pressure when your heart is working,EECP just like an external natural heart.Decreasing the amount of work required of your heart muscle and improve blood circulation.
Typical benefits for the heart diseases patients(coronay artery diseases,stroke,heart failure):
1.Decrease in chest pain
2.Reduction in the use of medication
3.Ability to enjoy a more independently mobile and active lifestyle
4.Better blood circulation
EECP improve blood circulation very much,So it's also benefit to relieve the symptoms or diseases that caused by poor blood circulation,we called them sub-health groups:
1.better appetite
2.better sleeping
3.dizziness relieved
4.Clear eyesight
5.Rehabilitation effect for Sexual dynfunction:EECP encourage VEC(vascular endothelial cells) to release NO.NO is a very strong EDRF.
EECP indications:
1.Cardiovascular disease:
1)Stable angina
2)Unstable angina
3)Recovery period of acute myocardial infarction
4)After coronary artery bypass surgery
5)Coronary heart disease and ischemic heart failure
6)Post-PTCA
2.Cerebrovascular diseases:
1)Cerebral arteriosclerosis
2)Transient cerebral ischemia
3)Vascular dementia
4)Vertebral-basilar artery blood supply insufficiency
5)Ischemic stroke
3.Rehabilitation treatment:
1)Ear-nose-throat department:Sudden deafness in the elderly
2)Psychiatry:Severe insomnia
3)Geriatrics:Rehabilitation and treatment of cardio-cerebrovascular ischemic diseases in recovery period
4)Endocrine department:Treatment of diabetes and ischemic eye disease,Kidney,etc.
5)Digestive department:Improve the liver microcirculation,treatment of intractable constipation
6)Pediatrics:Rehablitation and treatment of Children with Cerebral palsy.
7)Sub-health:Improve the microcirculation of whole body.Especially for the "three high diseases",lack of exercises,obesity and
other sub-health groups.
8)Rehablitation and treatment of musculoskeletal disorder
9)Rehablitation and treatment of male sexual dysfunction
EECP contraindication:
1.Absolute contraindications:
1)Severe aortic valve insufficiency
2)Bleeding disorders
3)Various heart valve diseases or congenital heart insufficiency
4)Limb thrombophlebitis or infected lesions
2.Relative contraindications:
1)High blood pressure:More than 170/100mmhg
2)Frequent premature beats(more than 10-15 beats/min),atrial fibrillation,paroxysmal tachycardia,heart rate more than 120 beats/min or less than 40 beats/min
3)Left heart insufficiency
4)Too old:More than 80 years old