IT’S NOT JUST FOR

HEART DISEASE!

CJ Puotinen

for Carol Wilcock, RN, MSN, QBD, Dsam, at

Dynamic Health Technologies • Helena

EECP, or Enhanced ExternalCounterpulsation, is best known forhelping patients with angina and

failing hearts, but physicians now realizethat the technique has wider applications.According to Carol Wilcock, RN, the CEOof Dynamic Health Technologies (a divi-sion of Universal Health Connection) inHelena, “EECP is a safe, non-invasive,FDA-approved outpatient treatment forthose with ischemic heart disease, but it’smuch more than that. It actually improvescirculation in every part of the body.”

In EECP therapy, the patient lies on a paddedtable while three electrodes are applied to the chestand connected to an ECG (electrocardiograph)machine which displays the heart’s rhythm duringtreatment. Blood pressure and oxygen saturation are also monitored.

Inflatable cuffs are applied around the lowerlegs, upper legs, and hips. These cuffs continuouslyinflate and deflate, increasing the flow of blood tothe heart, thus increasing the amount of oxygen thatreaches damaged tissue. Patients experience a strong“hug” sensation that moves upward from the calvesto the thighs to the buttocks during inflation, followed by the rapid release of pressure. Inflationand deflation are electronically synchronized withthe patient’s heartbeat and blood pressure.

Developed in China half a century ago, externalcounterpulsation therapy is widely used in thatcountry and around the world, but it is so new to the United States that only about 1200 EECPmachines are in operation here. Dynamic Health

Technologies’ EECP machine is the only one inMontana. Some of Dynamic Health Technologies’clients were referred by the Mayo Clinic.

“EECP was originally designed to improveblood supply to the heart,” says Wilcock, “but itdoes the same for other organs, too. Patients cameto clinics for treatment with heart problems but left without their diabetes, renal failure, erectile dysfunction, liver cirrhosis, or COPD symptoms.Published studies showing these results are avail-able. If it’s a circulatory problem, EECP’s benefits are like three years of exercise in less than twomonths.”

Julian Whitaker, MD, the author of 13 best-selling books, including Reversing Heart Disease andReversing Diabetes, and author of the widely readmonthly newsletter Health & Healing, offers EECPto patients at his Whitaker Wellness Institute inNewport Beach, California. Dr. Whitaker prescribesEECP for angina, congestive heart failure, coronaryartery blockages, diabetic neuropathy and other diabetic complications, erectile dysfunction, heart

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disease, hypertension (high blood pressure), kidneydisease, memory disorders, Parkinson’s disease,peripheral vascular disease, and vision problems.(See WhitakerWellness.com and DrWhitaker.comfor details.)

In December 2012, the medical journal AppliedPhysiology Nutrition and Metabolism published a study titled, “Anti-inflammatory Effects ofEnhanced External Counterpulsation in Subjectswith Abnormal Glucose Tolerance.” It described arandomized, controlled, open-label trial that evalu-ated the effects of EECP therapy on arterial func-tion, fasting glucose, insulin concentrations, glucosetolerance, capillary density, and skeletal muscle protein expression in subjects with abnormal glucose tolerance.

The study showed that EECP therapy improvedendothelial function thereby enhancing insulin utilization, as demonstrated by the decrease inhomeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance,

and the authors further demonstrated the possiblemechanism of action of the effect of EECP inimproving insulin resistance in diabetic patients.The same researchers conducted a study of EECPtherapy on glycemic control for patients with symptomatic coronary arterial disease (CAD) andType II Diabetes Mellitus, and reported at a ClinicalExercise and Physiology Association meeting in May 2011 that “EECP significantly reduced fastingglucose by 20%.”

“These studies from the University of Floridaare the first to demonstrate that EECP therapy iseffective in improving peripheral artery function,glucose tolerance, and glycemic control, and there-fore has great potential in the prevention and treat-ment of diabetes,” says Dr. Jun Ma, President andCEO of Vasomedical, which manufactures EECPdevices. “We congratulate the researchers atUniversity of Florida for the great work they havedone and hope that, as more evidence and under-standing become available, EECP therapy canbecome a treatment option for the tens of millionsof diabetic and pre-diabetic patients.”

A study published in the medical journalUrology International in 1998 investigated the

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effect of EECP in 13 patients with erectile dysfunc-tion (ED). After receiving EECP for an hour per dayfor 20 days, all reported significant improvementwhich was verified by Doppler sonography. Noadverse effects were observed.

A 2007 report in the International Journal ofClinical Practice examined the effect of EECP onmedically refractory angina patients with erectiledysfunction. These patients had severe coronary disease and ED was only one of their symptoms.After 35 hours of EECP, 89% experienced significantimprovement in not only their heart function buttheir ED as well. The researchers concluded that“EECP therapy is associated with improvement inerectile function in men with refractory angina.”

Other research published in medical journalsshows that EECP could improve long-term renalfunction in cardiac patients and that EECP is aneffective procedure to augment renal excretory function in patients with cirrhosis of the liver.

A study of external counterpulsation on patientsfrom seven university hospitals showed that thetreatment was both effective and without the risk ofserious side effects. To date, the only reported side

effect from external counterpulsation is skinchaffing on the legs. As the study concluded,“Enhanced external counterpulsation reduces angina and extends time to exercise-inducedischemia in patients with symptomatic coronaryartery disease. Treatment was relatively well tolerat-ed and free of limiting side effects in most patients.”

EECP sessions typically last one hour and aregiven daily, five days a week for seven weeks. Analternative schedule completed in four weeks isavailable for out-of-town clients. In some cases,additional treatments may be needed.

“We at Dynamic Health Technologies think theworld of EECP,” says Wilcock. “It’s incredibly excit-ing to work with people who have serious circulato-ry problems and who, without drugs or surgery,begin feeling better and having more stamina, allwithout the risk of adverse side effects. EECP iseffective, safe, inexpensive, and convenient.” �

Recommended reading: “Heal Your Heart withEECP: The Only Non-invasive Way to Overcome HeartDisease” by Debra Braverman, MD. For additionalinformation about EECP, visit EECPTherapy.com.

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