What is Natural Heart Bypass (EECP Therapy)?
Every human heart naturally contains billions of tiny, microscopic backup blood vessels called collateral vessels that connect different coronary arterial branches. In a healthy state, these channels are largely dormant and closed.
EECP (Enhanced External Counterpulsation) is an FDA-approved, non-surgical outpatient therapy. Pneumatic cuffs wrapped around the calves, thighs, and pelvis inflate sequentially during the heart's resting phase (diastole), pushing oxygen-rich blood backward into coronary arteries under high pressure to awaken dormant collateral channels.
Significant reduction in angina (chest pain) frequency and nitroglycerin dependence.
Clear visual evidence on nuclear myocardial perfusion scans of re-vascularized heart zones.
Clinically proven improvements in ejection fraction (EF) and exercise tolerance.