EECP / ECP is a non-invasive treatment for coronary artery disease. EECP / ECP is the first non-surgical, non-pharmaceutical or mechanical treatment approved by the US FDA for patients with chest pain, heart failure and congestive heart failure. EECP / ECP essentially is a heart therapy without the side-effects of heart surgery. What ECP / EECP therapy does is it helps to increase blood supply throughout the body, with benefits that tend to remain for years together. EECP / ECP therapy works by creating collateral circulation around blocked arteries, i.e. it essentially works to create a “natural bypass” around the arteries.
Because of increased blood flow and pressure during EECP / ECP there is high pressure exerted on the open coronary arteries and lower pressure in closed arteries. So, the blood finds its way to the low-pressure zone or area, which has the decreased blood supply, by opening the collaterals. These collaterals eventually become permanent.
EECP / ECP also tends to improve your endothelial cell function (the cells that line your coronary arteries), which determine your chance of getting heart attacks.
EECP / ECP increases blood-flow to the muscles of the heart that are not receiving enough blood supply. EECP / ECP thus works to create a “natural bypass”.