Role of Enhanced External Counter Pulsation in Cardiovascular Disease
Journal Title: International Journal of Practical Nursing - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 3
Abstract
The heart has plays an important role in understanding the body since antiquity. In the 4thcentury B.C., the Greek philosopher Aristotle identified the heart as the most important pumping of the heart. Cardiovascular disease, one of the noncommunicable diseases, has become a major public health problem in many developing countries. About twothirds of the global estimated 14.3 million annual cardiovascular disease deaths occur in the developing world. The prevalence of cardiovascular in India increased in urban populations, andinrural populations it has almost doubled in the last decade. EECP is merged as one of the newer modalities of treatment of cardiovascular disease. EECP is a nonsurgical therapy for angina, Heart disease, high blood pressure, and other conditions involving poor circulation. It is a noninvasive procedure in which long inflatable cuffs (like blood pressure cuffs) are wrapped around both of the patient’s legs and works by creating collateral circulation around blocked arteries, i.e. it essentially works to create a “natural bypass” around the arteries. EECP therapy many advantages over traditional management of cardiovascular disease and the cost of EECP of therapy is much lesser when compared traditional method of treatment. It has been associated with improved exercise tolerance and myocardial perfusion, as evidenced by nuclear imaging and positron emission tomography. More research will hopefully shed additional light on the mechanism of action and verify the longterm attenuation of symptoms in patients with cardiovascular disease.
Authors and Affiliations
Hariprasath Pandurangan
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP469795
- DOI 10.21088/ijpn.2347.7083.5317.9
- Views 71
- Downloads 0
Factors That Influence Nursing Quality
In countries throughout the world, patient experiences are being monitored in order to obtain information about the delivery and quality of healthcare. Patient experiences can be defined as a reflection of what actually...
Effect of Music Therapy on Anxiety
In the present times, all are engaged in their tight schedules and devote least of it to one’s health and recreation. Thus the outcomes are unpleasant and unacceptable for us. Due to heavy work stress, need for jobs, stu...
Knowledge and Skill Regarding Care of a Patient on Mechanical Ventilator among the Staff Nurses Working in Selected Hospital
Background: The patient in the intensive care unit often requires mechanical assistance to maintain airway patency. Current generations’ ventilators incorporate computerized systems to deliver and monitor ventilator para...
Level of Stress among Infertile Men
Introduction: Children is the beauty of life where each one of us can see himself in different way through his or her son, and because of them parents starts to work, earn money, keep promises, build a home, construct gr...
Stress and Coping Strategies among Homemakers
Background: In this modern society both men and women experience various patterns of stress. The stress is common among women irrespective of their nature of work (working outside or housewife), it is a known phenomena....