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CONTRAINDICATIONS
- Arrhythmias that interfere with machine triggering
- Bleeding diathesis
- Active thrombophlebitis
- Severe lower extremity vaso-occlusive disease
- Presence of a documented aortic aneurysm requiring
surgical repair
- Pregnancy
PRECAUTIONS
- Patients with blood pressure higher than 180/110 mmHg
should be controlled prior to treatment with enhanced external counterpulsation.
- Patients with a heart rate of more than 120 bpm should
be controlled prior to treatment with enhanced external counterpulsation.
- Patients at high risk of complications from increased
venous return should be carefully chosen and monitored during treatment
with enhanced external counterpulsation. Decreasing cardiac afterload
by optimizing cuff inflation and deflation timing may help minimize
increased cardiac filling pressures and the possibility of pulmonary
congestion due to increased venous return.
- Patients with clinically significant valvular disease
should be carefully chosen and monitored during treatment with enhanced
external counterpulsation. Certain valve conditions, such as significant
aortic insufficiency or severe mitral or aortic stenosis, may prevent
the patient from obtaining benefit from diastolic augmentation and reduced
cardiac afterload in the presence of increased venous return.
POTENTIAL BENEFITS
- For many patients, EECP® treatment can reduce the
frequency and intensity of chest pain or eliminate it altogether, decrease
the need for medication, and greatly improve the ability to participate
in activities of everyday life. After receiving EECP® treatment,
patients often are able to enjoy moderate exercise for the first time
since they developed angina.
POSSIBLE RISKS
- Some patients have experienced minor skin irritation
due to the pressure of the cuffs. You should consult with your physician
regarding any risk and complication factors. This can be lessened with
use of lotion and wearing tight fitting pantyhose under the treatment
pants (panty hose helps to reduce the friction).
- Increased venous return in patients with compromised
left ventricular function could possibly increase fluid in the lungs
in patients with congestive heart failure and not in a euvolemic state.
- Possible back and/or muscular pain.
- Treatment patients who have contraindications as listed
above.
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