More than 100 articles and studies on EECP have been published in leading cardiology journals, all supporting the treatment's safety and effectiveness. We hope you find this sampling helpful, and we will continue to update this section as often as possible.

• · A New Treatment Modality in Heart Failure Enhanced External Counterpulsation (EECP)
• Soran O.
  Cardiology in Review. 2004 Jan-Feb;12(1):15-20.
   
• · Enhanced External Counterpulsation as Initial Revascularization Treatment for Angina Refractory to Medical Therapy
• Fitzgerald CP, Lawson WE, Hui JC, Kennard ED; IEPR Investigators.
  Cardiology. 2003;100(3):129-35.
   
• · Enhanced External Counterpulsation and Functional Improvement in Octogenarians with Symptomatic Ischemic Heart Disease
• Braverman D, Wechsler B.
  Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 2003 Sept;84(9):A10.
   
• · Enhanced External Counterpulsation in the Management of Angina in the Elderly
• Linnemeier G, Michaels AD, Soran O, Kennard ED; International EECP Registry (IEPR) Investigators.
  American Journal of Geriatric Cardiology. 2003 Mar-Apr;12(2):90-6.
   
• · Ongoing and Planned Studies of Enhanced External Counterpulsation
• Conti CR.
  Clinical Cardiology. 2002 Dec;25(12 Suppl 2):II26-28.
   
• · Treatment Options for Angina Pectoris and the Future Role of Enhanced External Counterpulsation
• Holmes DR Jr.
  Clinical Cardiology. 2002 Dec;25(12 Suppl 2):II22-25.
   
• · Current Use of Enhanced External Counterpulsation and Patient Selection
• Lawson WE.
  Clinical Cardiology. 2002 Dec;25(12 Suppl 2):II16-21.
   
• · Enhanced External Counterpulsation: Mechanism of Action
• Feldman AM.
  Clinical Cardiology. 2002 Dec;25(12 Suppl 2):II11-15.
   
• · A Review of Enhanced External Counterpulsation Clinical Trials
• Beller GA.
  Clinical Cardiology. 2002 Dec;25(12 Suppl 2):II6-10.
   
• · A Historical Overview of Enhanced External Counterpulsation
• DeMaria AN.
  Clinical Cardiology. 2002 Dec;25(12 Suppl 2):II3-5.
   
• · Enhanced External Counterpulsation as Treatment for Chronic Angina in Patients with Left Ventricular Dysfunction: A Report from the International EECP Patient Registry (IEPR)
• Soran O, Kennard ED, Kelsey SF, Holubkov R, Strobeck J, Feldman AM.
  Congestive Heart Failure. 2002 Nov-Dec;8(6):297-302.
   
• · Left Ventricular Systolic Unloading and Augmentation of Intracoronary Pressure and Doppler Flow During Enhanced External Counterpulsation
• Michaels AD, Accad M, Ports TA, Grossman W.
  Circulation. 2002 Sep 3;106(10):1237-1242.
   
• · Enhanced External Counterpulsation in Patients with Heart Failure: A Multicenter Feasibility Study
• Soran O, Fleishman B, Demarco T, Grossman W, Schneider VM, Manzo K, de Lame PA, Feldman AM.
  Congestive Heart Failure. 2002 Jul-Aug;8(4)204-8, 227.
   
• · Relation of the Pattern of Diastolic Augmentation During a Course of Enhanced External Counterpulsation (EECP) to Clinical Benefit [from the International EECP Patient Registry (IEPR)]
• Lakshmi MV, Kennard ED, Kelsey SF, Holubkov R, Michaels AD.
  American Journal of Cardiology. 2002 Jun 1;89(11):1303-1305.
   
• · Comparison of Patients Undergoing Enhanced External Counterpulsation and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Stable Angina Pectoris
• Holubkov R, Kennard ED, Foris JM, Kelsey SF, Soran O, Williams DO, Holmes Jr. DR.
  The American Journal of Cardiology. 2002 May 15;89:1182-1186.
   
• · Effects of Enhanced External Counterpulsation on Stress Radionuclide Coronary Perfusion and Exercise Capacity in Chronic Stable Angina Pectoris
• Stys TP, Lawson WE, Hui JCK, Fleishman B, Manzo K, Strobeck JE, Tartaglia J, Ramasamy S, Suwita R, Zheng ZS, Liang H, Werner D.
  The American Journal of Cardiology. 2002 Apr 1;89(7):822-824.
   
• · Effects of Enhanced External Counterpulsation on Health-Related Quality of Life Continue 12 Months After Treatment: A Substudy of the Multicenter Study of Enhanced External Counterpulsation
• Arora RR, Chou TM, Jain D, Fleishman B, Crawford L, McKiernan T, Nesto R, Ferrans CE, Keller S.
  Journal of Investigative Medicine. 2002 Jan;50(1):25-32.
   
• · Acute and Chronic Hemodynamic Effects of Enhanced External Counterpulsation in Patients with Angina Pectoris
• Arora RR, Carlucci ML, Malone AM, Baron NV.
  Journal of Investigative Medicine. 2001 Nov;49(6):500-504.
   
• · Acute Hemodynamic Effects and Angina Improvement with Enhanced External Counterpulsation
• Stys T, Lawson WE, Hui JCK, Lang G, Liuzzo J, Cohn PF.
  Angiology. 2001 Oct;52(10):653-658.
   
• · A Report from the International Enhanced External Counterpulsation Registry (IEPR)
  Holubkov R, Kennard E, Kelsey S, Soran O.
  Advances in Coronary Artery Diseases-4^th International Congress on Coronary Artery Disease. 2001 Oct 21-24;(Prague, Czech Republic):387-391.
   
• · Benefit and Safety of Enhanced External Counterpulsation in Treating Coronary Artery Disease Patients with a History of Congestive Heart Failure
• Lawson WE, Kennard ED, Holubkov R, Kelsey SF, Strobeck JE, Soran O, Feldman AM.
  Cardiology. 2001;96(2):78-84.
   
• · Enhanced External Counterpulsation Improved Myocardial Perfusion and Coronary Flow Reserve in Patients with Chronic Stable Angina; Evaluation by 13N-Ammonia Positron Emission Tomography
• Masuda D, Nohara R, Hirai T, Kataoka K, Chen LG, Hosokawa R, Inubushi M, Tadamura E, Fujita M, Sasayama S.
  European Heart Journal. 2001 Aug;22(16):1451-1458.
   
• · Safety and Effectiveness of Enhanced External Counterpulsation in Improving Angioplasty Restenosis
  Stys TP, Lawson WE, Hui JCK, Tartaglia JJ, Subramanian R, Du ZM, Zhang MQ.
  Proceedings of the 2nd International Congress on Heart Disease – New Trends in Research, Diagnosis and Treatment (International Academy of Cardiology).. 2001 Jul 21-24;(Washington DC, USA):369-372.
   
• · Psychosocial Effects of Enhanced External Counterpulsation in the Angina Patient: A Second Study
• Springer S, Fife A, Lawson W, Hui JCK, Jandorf L, Cohn PF, Fricchione G.
  Psychosomatics. 2001 Mar-Apr;42(2):124-132.
   
• · Enhanced External Counterpulsation Improves Exercise Tolerance, Reduces Exercise-Induced Myocardial Ischemia and Improves Left Ventricular Diastolic Filling in Patients with Coronary Artery DiseaseUrano H, Ikeda H, Ueno T, Matsumoto T, Murohara T, Imaizumi T.
  Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2001 Jan;37(1):93-99.
   
• · Comparison of Hemodynamic Effects of Enhanced External Counterpulsation and Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction
• Taguchi I, Ogawa K, Oida A, Abe S, Kaneko N, Sakio H.
  The American Journal of Cardiology. 2000 Nov 15;86(10):1139-1141.
   
• · Treatment Benefit in the Enhanced External Counterpulsation Consortium
• Lawson WE, Hui JCK, Lang G.
  Cardiology. 2000;94(1):31-35.
   
• · Noninvasive Revascularization by Enhanced External Counterpulsation: A Case Study and Literature Review
• Singh M, Holmes Jr. DR, Tajik AJ, Barsness GW.
  Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 2000 Sep;75(9):961-965.
   
• · Long-Term Prognosis of Patients with Angina Treated with Enhanced External Counterpulsation: Five-Year Follow-Up Study
• Lawson WE, Hui JCK, Cohn PF.
  Clinical Cardiology. 2000 Apr;23(4):254-258.
   
• · Pneumatic External Counterpulsation: A New Noninvasive Method to Improve Organ Perfusion
• Werner D, Schneider M, Weise M, Nonnast-Daniel B, Daniel WG.
  The American Journal of Cardiology. 1999 Oct 15;84(8):950-952.
   
• · The Multicenter Study of Enhanced External Counterpulsation (MUST-EECP): Effect of EECP on Exercise-Induced Myocardial Ischemia and Anginal Episodes
• Arora RR, Chou TM, Jain D, Fleishman B, Crawford L, McKiernan T, Nesto R.
  The Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 1999 Jun;33(7):1833-1840.
   
• · Improvement of Regional Myocardial and Coronary Blood Flow Reserve in a Patient Treated with Enhanced External Counterpulsation: Evaluation by Nitrogen-13 Ammonia PET
• Masuda D, Nohara R, Inada H, Hirai T, Li-Guang C, Kanda H, Inubushi M, Tadamura E, Fujita M, Sasayama S.
  Japanese Circulation Journal. 1999 May;63(5):407-411.
   
• · Enhanced External Counterpulsation as a New Treatment Modality for Patients with Erectile Dysfunction
• Froschermaier SE, Werner D, Leike S, Schneider M, Waltenberger J, Daniel WG, Wirth MP.
  Urologia Internationalis. 1998;61(3):168-171.
   
• · Prior Revascularization Increases the Effectiveness of Enhanced External Counterpulsation
• Lawson WE, Hui JCK, Guo T, Burger L, Cohn PF.
  Clinical Cardiology. 1998 Nov;21(11):841-844.
   
• · Three-Year Sustained Benefit from Enhanced External Counterpulsation in Chronic Angina Pectoris
• Lawson WE, Hui JCK, Zheng ZS, Oster Z, Katz JP, Diggs P, Burger L, Cohn CD, Soroff HS, Cohn PF.
  The American Journal of Cardiology. 1995 Apr 15;75:840-841.