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EECP

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Dr.S.Prabu

MD PGDHsc(ECHO) & PPHC (UA)
General Physician

What is EECP ?

EECP is a mechanical procedure in which long inflatable cuffs (like blood pressure cuffs) are wrapped around both of the patient’s legs. While the patient lies on a bed, the leg cuffs are inflated and deflated with each heartbeat. This is accomplished by means of a computer, which triggers off the patient’s ECG so that the cuffs deflate just as each heartbeat begins, and inflate just as each heartbeat ends.

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Who can benefit from EECP ?

  • Those who have been advised bypass surgery and choose not to have it.
  • Those who cannot afford the cost of bypass surgery.
  • Those who have other diseases which make them unfit for surgery eg. coexisting Diabetes Mellitus, Bronchial Asthma, Kidney failure, Thyroid disorders, old age. i.e. more than 80 yrs.
  • Those who have already had bypass surgery done a few years earlier and don't want to suffer the experience again.
  • Those patients who cannot afford the exorbitant cost of angioplasty (up to Rs 3.75 lacs with two cipher stents and reopro).
  • Those patients who have chest pain or breathlessness of cardiac origin and do not wish to undergo any further investigation can go for EECP directly.
  • Patients whose stents have got blocked again.

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