Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Life Science and Bioengineering, Beijing University of Technology, No. 100 Pingleyuan, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100124, China.
Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Life Science and Bioengineering, Beijing University of Technology, No. 100 Pingleyuan, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100124, China. lyjlma@bjut.edu.cn.
Department of Cardiology, The Eighth Affiliated Hospital Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518033, China. Electronic address: wuguifu@mail.sysu.edu.cn.
Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Life Science and Bioengineering, Beijing University of Technology, No. 100 Pingleyuan, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100124, China.
Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Life Science and Bioengineering, Beijing University of Technology, No. 100 Pingleyuan, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100124, China.
Heart Center Leipzig at University of Leipzig and Leipzig Heart Institute, Leipzig, Germany; German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Berlin, Germany. Electronic address: anne.freund@medizin.uni-leipzig.de.
Heart Center Leipzig at University of Leipzig and Leipzig Heart Institute, Leipzig, Germany; German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Berlin, Germany.
Department of Surgery, Section of Cardiac Surgery, The University of Chicago Medicine and Biological Sciences, 5841 S. Maryland Ave., Rm. E-500, MC5040, Chicago, IL 60637 USA.
Enhanced external counterpulsation (EECP) is an effective and noninvasive treatment for patients with refractory angina and chronic heart failure. However, previous studies evaluating the influence of...
PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, CNKI, and Wanfang databases were searched for randomized controlled trials comparing the influence of EECP versus usual care on FMD in adult population. A random-effe...
Nineteen studies with 1647 patients were included in the meta-analysis. Compared with usual care or conventional therapy, additional treatment with EECP for 3-7 weeks was associated with a significant...
EECP may be effective in improving endothelial function measured by FMD....
Post liver transplantation (LT) patients endure high morbidity rate of multi-organ ischemic symptoms following reperfusion. We hypothesize that enhanced external counterpulsation (EECP) as a typical n...
A 51-year-old male patient, 76 kg, 172 cm, received orthotopic LT surgery for viral hepatitis B induced acute-on-chronic liver failure hepatic failure. His medical records revealed ischemic symptoms i...
We report a case of multi-organ ischemic symptoms in a post LT patient. EECP treatment can significantly improve the quality of life via the systematic promotion of hemodynamics....
Coronary microcirculation dysfunction (CMD) is prevalent in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). Current therapies for CMD are focused on pharmacotherapy, non-pharmacological treatments such a...
This study is a single-centre, outcome-assessor-blinded, parallel randomised controlled trial. A total of 110 participants with CAD will be included and randomly assigned to either the intervention gr...
Ethical approval was obtained from the Ethics Committee of the Eighth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University (ID: 2023-045-03). The findings will be disseminated in peer-reviewed publications....
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Adult stem cell therapy via intramyocardial injection of autologous CD34+ stem cells has been shown to improve exercise capacity and reduce angina frequency and mortality in patients with refractory a...
Diastolic/systolic blood pressure ratio (D/S) ≥ 1.2 is the gold standard of enhanced external counterpulsation (EECP) treatment, but it does not show a clear clinical correspondence with the configura...
To determine the effects of Enhanced External Counterpulsation (EECP) in patients with long COVID and objectively assessed cognitive impairment....
A retrospective evaluation of long COVID patients referred for EECP, with cognitive sequela, and having completed an objective digital assessment before and after therapy. Patients had either cognitiv...
80 long COVID patients (38 CI vs 42 NCI) were included for analyses. All baseline characteristics were well matched. There was significant improvement in composite score post-EECP in those with object...
This is the first study showing that EECP led to significant improvement in cognitive functioning of long COVID patients with objectively defined cognitive impairment. Although a lack of a negative co...
Evidence supporting anticoagulation with unfractionated heparin (UFH) in patients with an intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) to prevent limb ischaemia remains limited, while bleeding risks remain high. ...
The study objective is to describe the incidence of thromboembolic and bleeding events with the use of UFH in patients with an IABP utilising monitoring with both anti-Xa and activated partial thrombo...
This is a retrospective study of adults who received an IABP and UFH for ≥24 hours. Electronic medical records were reviewed for pertinent data. The primary outcome was the incidence of limb ischaemia...
Of 159 patients, 88% received an IABP for cardiogenic shock and median duration of IABP support was 118 hours (interquartile range, 67-196). Limb ischaemia occurred in four of 159 patients (2.5%). Str...
We observed a high rate of thrombotic and bleeding complications with the use of UFH in patients with an IABP. Use of anti-Xa versus aPTT for monitoring was not associated with complications. These da...
Angina and nonobstructive coronary artery disease (ANOCA) is associated with poor outcomes and limited treatment options. Enhanced external counterpulsation (EECP) is a noninvasive treatment that invo...
Cerebral apoplexy patients are prone to cognitive impairment, and it is very important to choose appropriate treatment methods to improve their cognitive impairment after stroke....
To evaluate the effects of enhanced external counterpulsation (EECP) in conjunction with atorvastatin on cognitive function, neurotransmitter levels, and the repair of brain tissue damage in patients ...
In this retrospective study, data from 60 patients with poststroke cognitive impairment due to stroke who were treated in our hospital from February 2021 to July 2022 were analyzed and divided into a ...
MMSE, MoCA, and ADL scores all improved in both groups following treatment, with the study group showing more improvement than the control group (...
EECP combined with atorvastatin is effective in the treatment of cognitive impairment after stroke and can effectively improve the cognitive function, neurotransmitter levels, and brain tissue damage ...
To investigate the short-term efficacy of enhanced external counterpulsation (EECP) on chronic insomnia....
This is a pilot randomized, participant-blind, and sham-controlled study. Forty-six participants with chronic insomnia were randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to receive EECP or sham EECP intervention (...
The PSQI was significantly decreased in both EECP and sham groups after 35-session intervention (13.74 to 6.96 in EECP and 13.04 to 9.48 in sham), and EECP decreased PSQI more than sham EECP (p = 0.00...
Lack of objective sleep measurement....
EECP could improve sleep quality and mental quality of life in chronic insomnia and the therapeutic effect maintained for 3 months....
