EECP/ ECP (Enhanced External Counter Pulsation) / Natural Bypass
(Approved by Federal Drug Administration-USA)
EECP / ECP is a non-invasive treatment for coronary artery disease. EECP / ECP is the first non-surgical, non-pharmaceutical or mechanical treatment approved by the US FDA for patients with chest pain, heart failure and congestive heart failure. EECP / ECP therapy works by creating collateral circulation around blocked arteries, i.e. it essentially works to create a “natural bypass” around the arteries. ECP / EECP therapy does is it helps to increase blood supply throughout the body, with benefits that tend to remain for years together.Over 30 thousand patients have been treated successfully through ECP by SAAOL.
Working of ECP-
In an EECP / ECP session, the patient lies on a padded table. Three large inflatable cuffs – similar to blood pressure cuffs – are strapped around the calves, lower-thighs and upper-thighs. The patient's heart is monitored by an electrocardiograph display in the EECP / ECP machine, which through the computer, regulates the inflation and deflation of the cuffs. During the part of the cardiac cycle when the heart is as rest (diastole), the cuffs are rapidly inflated in sequential order beginning with the cuffs on the calves and working upward. Just before systole (heart contraction), the cuffs are simultaneously deflated. Collateral circulation is actually a natural phenomenon that can be developed with cardiovascular exercise also. However, the natural development of collateral circulation is a gradual process that takes years. EECP / ECP treatment triggers and accelerates this collateral circulation and makes it permanent. In fact, it is found that 35 sittings of EECP / ECP have the same effect as athletic training for 5 years!
EECP / ECP generally involves 35 sessions of treatment. Each session is for 1 hour and the patient is usually asked to come 6 days a week, for 6 weeks. However, the entire team at SAAOL is very well trained on how to make adjustments in the protocol, where needed, to treat difficult cases.
In a nutshell, EECP / ECP causes immediate and sustained increase in the heart’s blood supply by:
• Dilating coronary blood vessels
• Opening dormant collaterals
• Creating new blood vessels (angiogenesis)
Benefits of ECP Treatment
• Decreased episodes of Angina
• Increase blood supply in heart.
• Decreased use of Nitro-glycerine
• Creates a NATURAL BYPASS Route around blocked arteries.
• Improvement in Exercise Time
• Improvement in overall quality of life, mood and feeling of well-being
• Positive Vascular benefits – Increase in ANG II, NO, ANP, BNP, Ejection Fraction, and Cardiac Output; Lowering of Heart Rate; Decrease in Endothelia (protein that constricts blood vessels)
EECP / ECP at SAAOL
• SAAOL’s Director Dr. Bimal Chhajer was the first to introduce EECP / ECP therapy in India SAAOL is India’s largest provider of EECP / ECP. SAAOL Heart Centre has carried out EECP / ECP on more than 60,000 cases.
• SAAOL is operating successfully in India from 1995 and currently having 40 Heart centre in major cities of India and 1 centre in Nepal and Bangladesh each is growing at high pace.
• SAAOL Heart Care has a unique on-line monitoring system through which every patient’s readings can be monitored by Dr. Bimal Chhajer and his team of doctors from anywhere, even while an EECP / ECP session is in progress.
• SAAOL pairs ECP / EECP treatment with its holistic Cardiac Rehabilitation Program. If medical tests are normal, other treatments like BCA (Biochemical Angioplasty/Biochemical Cleaning) can also be given along with EECP/ECP to dissolve and remove blockage in the heart arteries.
• SAAOL offers a comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation program that is tailored for each patient. This includes yoga and meditation, nutritional counselling and diet planning, Zero-oil cooking, stress counselling, etc.
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