This document provides information about EECP (enhanced external counterpulsation) therapy offered by Mended Heart & Rehab Center. EECP is a non-invasive treatment that uses inflatable cuffs around the legs to improve blood flow. It has been shown to reduce chest pain and improve quality of life in over 70% of patients. The center was started to help treat chronic diseases like heart disease that have become epidemic in the Bahamas and help patients avoid medications. It offers EECP as an FDA-approved alternative to medication and surgery.

1. MENDED HEART & REHAB CENTER
EECP THERAPY
What if medication or
surgery isn’t the only way
to treat your patients…?

2. MENDED HEART & REHAB CENTER
EECP THERAPY
Medication or surgery isn’t
the only way to treat your
patients…?
What If…

3. MENDED HEART & REHAB CENTER
EECP THERAPY
Your patient’s heart can go from this…
What If…

4. MENDED HEART & REHAB CENTER
EECP THERAPY
To THIS…

5. What is EECP?
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6. EECP=
ENHANCED EXTERNAL COUNTERPULSATION THERAPY
An outpatient Cardiac & Vascular Treatment
used in patients with conditions such as:

7. Angina
(Chest Pains)
Poor Circulation
Heart Failure
Neuropathy & Retinopathy
Chronic Kidney Disease
And More…

8. Benefits of EECP:
• FDA Approved
• Non-Invasive
• Non-Surgical
• Non-Medicated
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But most of all.…

9. IT WORKS!
EECP Therapy Studies remarkably demonstrated
success in over 70% - 80% of patient treated.
Source: Vasomedical.com

10. How does EECP
work?
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11. Step 1:
The patient lies on a treatment table and
compressive cuffs (similar to large blood
pressure cuffs) are securely wrapped
around the patient’s calves, thighs and
buttocks.

12. Step 2:
These compressive cuffs inflate in a distal
to proximal sequence in early diastole, and
deflate simultaneously in late diastole just
prior to the onset of systole.

13. Step 3:
Inflation and deflation are specifically timed
to the patient’s ECG to optimize therapeutic
benefit.

14. Step 4:
The sequential cuff inflation creates a
retrograde pressure wave that augments
diastolic pressure, increasing coronary
perfusion pressure and venous return to
the right heart (increasing preload and
cardiac output).

15. Step 5:
Rapid, simultaneous cuff deflation
decreases systemic vascular resistance,
afterload, and cardiac workload.

17. How can EECP
help my patient?
See how this treatment can improve your
patient’s condition
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18. Reduce/
Eliminate
Chest
Pain
Improve
Quality of
Life
Reduce
Shortness
of Breath
EECP
can:
Reduce
Fatigue

19. Reduce
Leg Pain
Improve
Coronary
Perfusion
Create
Natural
Bypasses
EECP
can:
Improve
Circulation
(around narrowed
arteries)
(from Peripheral
Vascular Disease)

20. Increase
Cardiac
Output
Improve
Organ
Perfusion
Decrease in
Cardiac
Workload
EECP
can:
Regression
of
Atherosclerosis

21. Increase
Energy &
Exercise
Tolerance
Improve
Sexual
Function
Increase
Alertness
EECP
can:
Increase
Ventricular
Function
(Brain Function)

22. Who is behind the
MHRC?
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23. MENDED HEART & REHAB CENTER
EECP THERAPY
Mended Heart & Rehab Center was
started to…

24. 1:
Help reduce chronic diseases in
the Bahamas, as it has become
an epidemic within the country.
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25. We want to change each individual life,
improve quality of life, reduce the use of
medications & help to incorporate a
healthy lifestyle.
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- S h a ra d J o h n s o n , C E P, CC R P
CardioPulmonary Rehab Specialist
MENDED HEART & REHAB CENTER
EECP THERAPY

26. 2:
Help treat, prevent, educate and
improve the lives of each
individual and the Bahamas and
increasing the need to further
medicate.
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27. This therapeutic treatment and lifestyle
medical strategy is all about lifestyle
modification, reversal, and prevention of
diseases.
“
- D r. D e l to n Fa rq u h a r s o n
Vascular Surgery Specialist
MENDED HEART & REHAB CENTER
EECP THERAPY

28. 3:
To offer a safe and effective FDA
approved method of treating
many diseases within the body
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29. Because these diseases account for the
highest cause of death in The Bahamas,
we want to help patients lower blood
pressure without the need to further
medicate& reduce chronic disease
within the Bahamas.
“
- D r. F re d e r i c k S m i t h
Nephrologist
MENDED HEART & REHAB CENTER
EECP THERAPY

30. How can I get
involved ?
Learn more about how you can get involved
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31. For more information
about EECP Therapy:
(242) 394-5820
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