I have access to an article through my college search engine. I can
not see to get this text to pop up on the general Internet. You might
attempt to obtain a copy of this journal. Here is the general
information about it:
Predictors of Benefit in Angina Patients One Year after Completing
Enhanced External Counterpulsation: Initial Responders to Treatment
versus Nonresponders
William E. Lawson, John C.K. Hui, Elizabeth D. Kennard, Gregory
Barsness, Sheryl F. Kelsey. Cardiology. Basel: 2005. Vol. 103, Iss. 4;
p. 201
Here is the abstract: Enhanced external counterpulsation (EECP) has
been shown to reduce Canadian Cardiovascular Society angina class.
This study examines the factors that affect the reduction at 1 year,
especially in patients who do not demonstrate an initial response. The
data of 2,007 consecutive patients enrolled in the International EECP
Patient Registry were analyzed. After 36.6 ± 4.9 h of EECP, angina was
reduced by at least one class in 82.7%. At 1 year, 35.4% of initial
nonresponders and 70.6% of responders remained improved by at least
one angina class and free of major adverse cardiovascular events.
Multivariate predictors of 1-year benefit are initial response to
treatment (odds ratio 4.5, 95% CI 3.5-5.8), baseline angina class
compared with class IV (odds ratios: class I 2.1, CI 0.93-4.81; class
II 0.62, CI 0.43-0.87; class III 0.80, CI 0.62-1.01) and no history of
congestive heart failure (odds ratio 1.41, CI 1.14-1.74).
The actual article is seven pages. Don't know if this is what you are
looking for, but just in case I thought I would put it up here.
All the best,
Pam |
