The annual celebration EECP Therapy Week, which was started over six years ago by the International EECP Therapists Association (IETA), will be recognized by EECP Centers around the world this year 19 – 23 February 2018. In order to increase the awareness of EECP Therapy for both patients suffering from the symptoms of cardiovascular disease […]
The Importance of Proper Clinical Training to the Success of EECP Therapy
The success on EECP therapy can best be measured by the outcomes and benefits experienced by the patients undergoing the therapy. There are many factors that contribute to ensuring this success and perhaps one of the most important is the proper application of the therapy by trained personnel. The training of physicians and therapists responsible […]
EECP Therapy Continues to Reach More Patients in India
The EECP Therapy Treatment Center at Shree Swami Samarth Heart Care Center in Nagpur, India has just added their second EECP therapy system. For more information click on the photo/article below.
Chapter on EECP Therapy Included in Recently Published Textbook of Cardiology Entitled Cardiodiabetes Update
A cardiology textbook entitled Cardiodiabtes Update, authored by HK, Chopra, Shashank R. Joshi, GS Wander, Ravi Kasliwal, Viveca Kumar and AK Pancholia has just been published by Jaypee Brothers (www.jaypeebrothers.com). As India is one of the three countries that make up 50% of the world’s diabetic population (China and the U.S.A. being the other two), […]
EECP/ECP Therapy Availability Grows to Over 45 Countries
The number of countries where EECP/ECP is now available has grown to over 45 by the end of 2017. As the year comes to a close, we are pleased to announce the growth in EECP/ECP therapy awareness and availability in 2017 and look forward to assisting with its further expansion in 2018 and after. The […]
Chettinad Hospital and Research Centre, Chennai, India Offer New Research on EECP Therapy.
J Clin Diagn Res. 2016 Oct;10(10):OC30-OC34. Epub 2016 Oct 1. Effect of Enhanced External Counter Pulsation Treatment on Aortic Blood Pressure, Arterial Stiffness and Ejection Fraction in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease. Subramanian R1, Nayar S2, Meyyappan C3, Ganesh N3, Chandrakasu A3, Nayar PG4. Author information Abstract INTRODUCTION: Enhanced External Counter Pulsation (EECP) is a non-invasive treatment option for patients with […]
New EECP Abstract from Karolinska Institute In Stockholm Published
Researchers from Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden have just had their abstract entitled “Increases in Cardiac Output and Oxygen Consumption During Enhanced External Counterpulsation” published in Heart Lung Circulation. Heart Lung Circ. 2016 Nov;25(11):1133-1136. doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2016.04.013. Epub 2016 May 18. Ahlbom M1, Hagerman I2, Ståhlberg M2, Manouras A2, Förstedt G3, Wu E3, Lund LH4. Author information Abstract BACKGROUND: Regular enhanced external counterpulsation (EECP) […]
Gui-Fu WU, MD,PhD,FACC On Behalf of the EECP Branch of Chinese Biomedical Engineering Society
“Words may not suffice for us to express our heartfelt sorrow for the recent passing of Dr. John Hui. As an international pioneer, a renowned biomedical engineer, a formidable scholar, and a passionate missionary of EECP, John has dedicated his whole life to the introducing of EECP to the world. In fact, just recently we […]
Dr. John Hui, Medical Pioneer of Enhanced External Counterpulsation (EECP®) Therapy Passes Away
It is with the deepest regret that I write this post to inform our International EECP Society community that Dr. John Hui, EECP pioneer and founder of Vasomedical died on Thursday, November 9, 2017 of cardiac arrest. Working with associates in the Department of Medicine at the State University of New York at Stonybrook […]
MGM Government Hospital in India To Add EECP Facility
Trichy: Cardiac patients will be able to access Enhanced External Counterpulsation (EECP) treatment at the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial (MGM) government hospital in Trichy, India starting 4 November 2017. EECP is a non invasive treatment for patients with refractory angina, cardiac failure, angina after bypass surgery or PCI, patients unwilling or unfit for surgery and patient with multiple vessel […]