Enhanced external counterpulsation: A new modality in the treatment of angina and heart failure

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 271-273

  Arora, Rohit R ^a,c   Shah, Ankur G ^b  

^a ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c The Chicago Medical College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIANGINA PECTORIS AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANGINA PECTORIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; COUNTERPULSATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; EXERCISE TEST; HEART DEATH; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART OUTPUT MEASUREMENT; HUMAN; LUNG CAPILLARY PRESSURE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THERAPY EFFECT;

ANGINA PECTORIS; CLINICAL TRIALS; COUNTERPULSATION; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845577383     PISSN: 10742484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1074248406296363     Document Type: Note

References (19)

1. Arora RR, Carlucci ML, Malone AM, Baron NV. Acute and chronic hemodynamic effects of enhanced external counterpulsation in patients with angina pectoris. J Investig Med. 2001 ; 49: 500-504.
2. Lawson WE, Hui JCK, Guo T, et al. Prior revascularization increases effectiveness of enhanced external counterpulsation. Clin Cardiol. 1998 ; 21 ; 841-844.
3. Lawson WE, Hui JCK, Soroff HS, et al. Efficacy of enhanced external counterpulsation in the treatment of angina pectoris. Am J Cardiol. 1992 ; 70: 859-862.
4. Lawson WE, Hui JCK, Zheng ZS, et al. Improved exercise tolerance following enhanced external counterpulsation: cardiac or peripheral effect? Cardiology. 1996 ; 87: 271-275.
5. Lawson WE, Hui JCK, Zheng ZS, et al. Can angio-graphic findings predict which coronary patients will benefit from enhanced external counterpulsation? Am J Cardiol. 1996 ; 77: 1107-1109.
6. Lawson WE, Hui JCK, Cohn PF. Long-term prognosis of patients with angina treated with enhanced external counterpulsation: five-year follow-up study. Clin Cardiol. 2000 ; 23: 254-258.
7. Masuda D, Nohara R, Hirai T, et al. Enhanced external counterpulsation improved myocardial perfusion and coronary flow reserve in patients with chronic stable angina. Eur Heart J. 2001 ; 22: 1451-1458.
8. Urona H, Ikeda H, Ueno T, 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. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2001 ; 37: 93-99.
9. Arora RR, Chou TM, Jain D, et al. The multicenter study of enhanced external counterpulsation (MUSTEECP): effect of EECP on exercise-induced myocardial ischemia and angina episodes. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1999 ; 33: 1833-1840.
10. Arora RR, Chou TM, Jain D, et al. Effects of enhanced external counterpulsation on health-related quality of life continue 12 months after treatment: a substudy of the multi-center study of enhanced external counterpulsation. J Investig Med. 2002 ; 50: 25-32.
11. Michaels AD, Linnemeier G, Soran O, et al. Two-year outcomes after enhanced external counterpulsation for stable angina pectoris (from the International EECP Patient Registry [IEPR]). Am J Cardiol. 2004 ; 93: 461-464.
12. Taguchi I, Ogawa K, Oida A, et al. Comparison of hemo-dynamic effects of enhanced external counterpulsation and intra-aortic balloon pumping in patients with acute myocardial infarction. Am J Cardiol. 2000 ; 86: 1139-1141.
13. Lawson WE, Kennard ED, Holubkov R, et al. Benefit and safety enhanced external counterpulsation in treating coronary artery disease patients with a history of congestive heart failure. Cardiology. 2001 ; 96: 78-84.
14. Lawson WE, Silver M, Barsness G, et al. Comparison of abbreviated versus full course of enhanced external counterpulsation in heart failure patients with one-year follow-up. J Card Fail. 2004 ; 10 (suppl 1). S84 - S84.
15. Soran OZ, Fleishman B, Demarco T, et al. Enhanced external counterpulsation in patients with heart failure: a multicenter feasibility study. Congest Heart Fail. 2002 ; 8: 204-209.
16. Feldman AM, for the PEECH Investigators. Results of PEECH (Prospective Evaluation of EECP in Heart Failure). Paper presented at: the National American College of Cardiology Conference ; March 8, 2005 ; Orlando, Fla.
17. Arora RR, Lopes S, Saric M. Enhanced external counterpulsation improves systolic function by echocardiography in patients with coronary artery disease. Heart Lung. 2005 ; 34: 122-125.
18. Bonnetti PO, Barsness GW, Keelan PC, et al. Enhanced external counterpulsation improves endothelial function in patients with symptomatic coronary artery disease. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2003 ; 41: 1761-1768.
19. Masuda D, Nohara K, Kataoka K, et al. Enhanced external counterpulsation promotes angiogenesis factors in patients with chronic stable angina. Circulation. 2001 ; 104: II445 - II445.