Enhanced External Counter Pulsation system is kind of non-invasive and outpatient medical equipment mainly applied to angina and heart failure. During the treatment, the three sets of compression cuffs are wrapped around your legs and buttocks. They inflate and deflate in sync with your heartbeat promoting blood flow throughout your body and especially to you heart.
EECP is the short name of "Enhanced external counterpulsation".When undergoing EECP treatment,Patient will be lying on a bed and a set of cuffs is wrapped around the calves,thighs and buttocks.Inflation and deflation of these cuffs are electronically synchronized in rhythm with your heartbeat using the cardiogram signal.During diastole,the cuffs inflate sequentially from the lower legs up toward the heart,while systole,the cuffs rapidly deflate so that blood pumped more easily from heart.All that means is that your heart does more work with less effort while you are receiving EECP treatment.Just like two hearts working for you to improving the blood circulation significantly.
It's a nonsurgical treatment for reduce the symptoms of 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.
Typical benefits for patients:
1.Decreased 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
