Type of Surgery
Information
Last updated: 02/17/2009
BOOKS
McGoon, Michael D., ed., and Bernard J. Gersh. Mayo ClinicHeart Book: The Ultimate Guide to Heart Health, Second Edition. New York: William Morrow and Co., Inc., 2000.
Topol, Eric J. Cleveland Clinic...
Heart Book: The DefinitiveGuide for the Entire Family from the Nation's Leading Heart Center. New York: Hyperion, 2000.
Trout, Darrell, and Ellen Welch. "Enhanced External Counterpulsation (EECP)." In Surviving with Heart: Taking Charge of Your Heart Care. Golden, CO: Fulcrum Publishing, 2002.
PERIODICALS
Arora, R. R., et al. "The Multicenter Study of Enhanced External Counterpulsation (MUST-EECP): Effect of EECP on Exercise-Induced Myocardial Ischemia and Anginal Episodes."The Journal of the American College of Cardiology 33(7) 1999: 1833–1840.
Lawson, W. E., J. C. Hui, and P. F. Cohn. "Long-Term Prognosis of Patients with Angina Treated with Enhanced External Counterpulsation: Five-year Follow-Up Study."Clinical Cardiology 23(4) 2000: 254–258.
Soran, O. Z., et al. "Enhanced External Counterpulsation in the Management of Patients with Cardiovascular Disease."Clinical Cardiology 22 (1999): 173–178.
Urano, H., et al. "Enhanced External Counterpulsation Improves Exercise Tolerance, Reduces Exercise-Induced Myocardial Ischemia and Improves Left Ventricular Diastolic Filling in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease."Journal of the American College of Cardiology 37, no. 1 (2001): 93–99.
ORGANIZATIONS
American College of Cardiology. Heart House. 9111 Old Georgetown Rd., Bethesda, MD 20814-1699. (800) 253-4636, ext. 694, or (301) 897-5400.
American Heart Association. 7272 Greenville Ave., Dallas, TX 75231. (800) 242-8721 or (214) 373-6300.
Cleveland Clinic Heart Center. The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. 9500 Euclid Avenue, F25, Cleveland, Ohio, 44195. (800) 223-2273, ext. 46697, or (216) 444-6697.
International EECP Therapists Association. P.O. Box 650005, Vero Beach, FL 32965-0005. (800) 376-3321, ext. 140.
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. National Institutes of Health. Building 1. 1 Center Dr., Bethesda, MD 20892. E-mail:
Texas Heart Institute. Heart Information Service. P.O. Box 20345, Houston, TX 77225-0345.
OTHER
Cardiac Renewal Centers of America. (800) LONG-LIFE.
The Heart: An Online Exploration. Franklin Institute Science Museum. 222 North 20th Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19103. (215) 448-1200.
EECP.Com. Sponsored by Vasomedical, Inc.
VIDEOS
Straight to the Heart: The EECP Treatment Option for Angina. Featuring Larry King. Spotlight Health, Inc., 2001.
Advertisement
Search
Other Information
External counterpulsation (ECP) is a procedure performed on individuals with ischemic cardiomyopathy in order to diminish the symptoms of their ischemia. In various studies, ECP has been shown to relieve angina1,2, improve exercise tolerance³, and decrease the degree of ischemia in a cardiac stress test2,3.ECP is a technique while EECP. IECP. SECP are all brand names of companies manufacturing them.
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhanced_external_counterpulsation
Other Information
In 2005, an estimated 6,989,000 inpatient cardiovascular operations and procedures were performed in the United States; 4.1 million were performed on males and 2.9 million were performed on females.
From: American Heart Association
Find a Qualified Specialist
Looking for a specialist?
Please enter your zip code.