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Psychosocial effects of enhanced external counterpulsation in the angina patient
G L Fricchione1, K Jaghab, W Lawson
1Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, SUNY at Stony Brook, USA.
Psychosomatics
|September 1, 1995
Abstract:
Enhanced external counterpulsation (EECP) is a noninvasive pantaloon device designed to increase coronary artery flow in the treatment of angina. This pilot study, conducted in 1992-1993, which used psychosocial testing pre- and posttreatment, yielded data suggesting that EECP is well tolerated psychosocially and produces improvement in the anginal syndrome. More comprehensive research is under way to test these preliminary conclusions.