EECP

I had an angioplasty and stent, two months ago to treat ACS lateral wall STEMI. The procedure was done two days after the symptoms and I am not sure how much portion of the heart muscle is dead already. I want to know if an EECP treatment helps make my heart more efficient and improves quality of my life.

Hi, till now indications for EECP treatment are physical activity limiting angina, on maximal angina relieving treatment and when there is no any other way for revascularization, ie improve heart blood supply. If your quality of life worsening cause is not angina but heart failure symptomes- shortness of breath because heart pumping function is decreased, the use of EECP hasen't yet much approved, data are controversal. But still you can apply for such treatment, there are recent somehow weak da ...

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