External Counter Pulsation

[govindarajanln]

I have multiple blocks and bye pass is ruled out as it is considered risky. I was advised to under go ECP, (External Counter Pulsation) which the doctor says may improve my quality of life. Anybody in this forum underwent this treatment ? what is the fed back? Any side effect? Pl give me feedback.

[ed34]

Chelation is a therapy used if someone is suffering from lead poisoning or from any other heavy metal. It has no relevance whatsoever to cardiovascular disease. Quite a number of lawsuits have been raised against Doctors making such claims. I would inquire about this treatment and ask why they think it will remove calcified plaque? If by some miracle it did remove calcified plaque, then a patient would see the result of lots of soft plaque being released into the blood stream causing heart attacks/strokes. So obviously it does nothing for CAD or patients would be killed from it. It sounds like someone is making themselves some money here.

[Gopin30]

Hi Govind,

My father is under ECP treatment with chelation? Can you pls let me know whether this has any side effects. he is sufferinmg from triple vessel block with controlled diabetics and BP.

Thx,
Gopi

[kenkeith]

I have participated in several threads regarding EECP going back 2 years.  I know all the details of the procedure, discussions, etc.  If you search "EECP", you will find about 42 threads on the subject.  If you have any followup, we will be available for questions.

[sjl01]

Go to you tube and type in ECP.... There is pleanty of information about this treatment,,,,This is a totally non invasive treatment with no side effects, that may be very helpfull in improving the quality of your life. The only draw back is that you have to go every day for about 35 sessions without missing any. Each session is about 1 hr long.
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