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8793157

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-11-13
pubmed:abstractText
The effect of treatment with enhanced external counterpulsation (EECP) on exercise hemodynamics and myocardial stress perfusion in 27 patients with chronic stable angina was studied. A majority (22/27 or 81%) of patients improved their exercise tolerance after EECP treatment, and a similar percentage (21/27 or 78%) of patients improved their radionuclide stress perfusion images. Post-EECP maximal exercise heart rate and blood pressure, while demonstrating a linear relation with exercise duration, did not increase significantly despite the increased exercise duration. This suggests that the increase in exercise duration after treatment with EECP is due to both improved myocardial perfusion and altered exercise hemodynamics. EECP therapy thus appears to exert a "training' effect, decreasing peripheral vascular resistance and the heart rate response to exercise. Coronary disease patients may improve their exercise tolerance after EECP because of both improved myocardial perfusion and a decrease in cardiac work load.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0008-6312
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
87
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
271-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Improved exercise tolerance following enhanced external counterpulsation: cardiac or peripheral effect?
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, SUNY Health Sciences Center, Stony Brook 11794-8171, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study