EECP MACHINE - Computer Control Console Part

[EECP] - [EECP(ECP) or Enhanced External Counter Pulsation is a modern machine designed in USA and approved by USDFA for treatment of heart disease arteries. It increases blood flow to the diseased arteries by 200% and opens up collaterals. Thus it relieves chest pain and difficulty in breathing. The patient can walk longer, breathe easier and have a much better quality of life. The five year survival rate is the same for surgery, stents and EECP(ECP).] - [Who can benefit from EECP(ECP)? - Those who have been advised bypass surgery and choose not to have it.] - [Those who cannot afford the cost of bypass surgery.] - [Those who have other diseases which make them unfit for surgery eg. coexisting Diabetes Mellitus, Bronchial Asthma, Kidney failure, Thyroid disorders, old age i.e. more than 80 yrs. Those who have already had bypass surgery done a few years earlier and don't want to suffer the experience again.] - [Those patients who cannot afford the exorbitant cost of angioplasty (upto Rs 3.75 lacs with two cipher stents and reopro).] - [Those patients who have chest pain or breathlessness of cardiac origin and do not wish to undergo any further investigation can go for EECP(ECP) directly. Patients whose stents have got blocked again.] - [How does EECP(ECP) work?] - [Actually it is quite simple. The patient lies comfortably on a couch in an A/c room. The legs, thighs and buttocks are enclosed in rubber bladders like those in a BP cuff. Three electrodes are placed on the chest wall to monitor the heart rhythm. One sensor is placed on the index finger or earlobe to monitor the pulse wave. The machine is then started and it sends pressure waves to the air bladders synchronized with the heart beats in such a way that when the heart contracts, a negative pressure wave is sent through the legs so the blood meets with very little resistance. When the heart relaxes (during diastole) positive pressure waves send the blood back to the heart in a more effective manner. So the coronary perfusion is increased by 200%.This causes the collapsed collaterals to reopen and provide blood to areas starved of oxygen.] - [In brief EECP(ECP) results in; Increased diastolic perfusion pressure, Increased coronary perfusion, Increased coronary collateral flow to ischemic regions of myocardium, Decreased ventricular load, Increased venous return.] - [How does the patient know it benefits him? Patient starts feeling better in 3-5 days.His chest pain become less & his difficulty in breathing becomes better.] - [He can walk longer distances without onset of chest pain. His daily need of sub lingual nitrite tablets (sorbitrate or GTN) reduces dramatically.] - [TMT or exercise test is done before and after EECP(ECP). The ST segment depression seen before is markedly decreased eg. a 2-3mm ST depression can easily become 0.5-1mm after 35 days of EECP(ECP). The patient who could exercise say 4mins on the treadmill earlier can now exercise 10 mins without onset of chest pain or breathlessness.] - [Echocardiography is done before and after EECP(ECP). Ejection fraction or the efficiency of the heart improves from say 25% to 40% after 35 days of treatment.] - [There may be visible improvement in the ECG in the form of heart rate, ST segment depression & ectopics.] - [Stress thallium done before and after shows improved perfusion i.e. blood flow can be seen in those areas of the heart which were earlier starved of blood. Thus we see a marked improvement in almost all parameters of cardiac function measured before and after EECP(ECP).] - [So the good effects of EECP(ECP) can not only be felt by the patient but can also be demonstrated to his relatives and his treating Physician.] - [Cost of treatment (comparison) - EECP(ECP) is available in the most advanced Medical Cardiac centers like; The Cleveland Clinic, John Hopkins Medical center, Texas Heart Institute, The Mayo Clinic, JKF Medical Center Atlantis, BIMC New York city, University of California San Diego.] - [In London the cost is $12,000 and the waiting list is huge ref. The Sunday Express dtd. March 7th 2004 In Randhawa Hospital Amritsar, the total package cost is $ 2,500 only This includes 35 1hr EECP(ECP) sittings + complete blood tests including lipid profile, TMT test, and ECHO done before and after EECP(ECP).] - [Arrangement for accommodation can be made within the hospital @ US$ 30/day AC, @ US$ 50/Day in 3 Star Hotel within 800 Meters of the Hospital or @ US$ 70/Day in 4 Star Hotel within 2km]

EECP MACHINE - Computer Control Unit

[EECP] - [EECP(ECP) or Enhanced External Counter Pulsation is a modern machine designed in USA and approved by USDFA for treatment of heart disease arteries. It increases blood flow to the diseased arteries by 200% and opens up collaterals. Thus it relieves chest pain and difficulty in breathing. The patient can walk longer, breathe easier and have a much better quality of life. The five year survival rate is the same for surgery, stents and EECP(ECP).] - [Who can benefit from EECP(ECP)? - Those who have been advised bypass surgery and choose not to have it.] - [Those who cannot afford the cost of bypass surgery.] - [Those who have other diseases which make them unfit for surgery eg. coexisting Diabetes Mellitus, Bronchial Asthma, Kidney failure, Thyroid disorders, old age i.e. more than 80 yrs. Those who have already had bypass surgery done a few years earlier and don't want to suffer the experience again.] - [Those patients who cannot afford the exorbitant cost of angioplasty (upto Rs 3.75 lacs with two cipher stents and reopro).] - [Those patients who have chest pain or breathlessness of cardiac origin and do not wish to undergo any further investigation can go for EECP(ECP) directly. Patients whose stents have got blocked again.] - [How does EECP(ECP) work?] - [Actually it is quite simple. The patient lies comfortably on a couch in an A/c room. The legs, thighs and buttocks are enclosed in rubber bladders like those in a BP cuff. Three electrodes are placed on the chest wall to monitor the heart rhythm. One sensor is placed on the index finger or earlobe to monitor the pulse wave. The machine is then started and it sends pressure waves to the air bladders synchronized with the heart beats in such a way that when the heart contracts, a negative pressure wave is sent through the legs so the blood meets with very little resistance. When the heart relaxes (during diastole) positive pressure waves send the blood back to the heart in a more effective manner. So the coronary perfusion is increased by 200%.This causes the collapsed collaterals to reopen and provide blood to areas starved of oxygen.] - [In brief EECP(ECP) results in; Increased diastolic perfusion pressure, Increased coronary perfusion, Increased coronary collateral flow to ischemic regions of myocardium, Decreased ventricular load, Increased venous return.] - [How does the patient know it benefits him? Patient starts feeling better in 3-5 days.His chest pain become less & his difficulty in breathing becomes better.] - [He can walk longer distances without onset of chest pain. His daily need of sub lingual nitrite tablets (sorbitrate or GTN) reduces dramatically.] - [TMT or exercise test is done before and after EECP(ECP). The ST segment depression seen before is markedly decreased eg. a 2-3mm ST depression can easily become 0.5-1mm after 35 days of EECP(ECP). The patient who could exercise say 4mins on the treadmill earlier can now exercise 10 mins without onset of chest pain or breathlessness.] - [Echocardiography is done before and after EECP(ECP). Ejection fraction or the efficiency of the heart improves from say 25% to 40% after 35 days of treatment.] - [There may be visible improvement in the ECG in the form of heart rate, ST segment depression & ectopics.] - [Stress thallium done before and after shows improved perfusion i.e. blood flow can be seen in those areas of the heart which were earlier starved of blood. Thus we see a marked improvement in almost all parameters of cardiac function measured before and after EECP(ECP).] - [So the good effects of EECP(ECP) can not only be felt by the patient but can also be demonstrated to his relatives and his treating Physician.] - [Cost of treatment (comparison) - EECP(ECP) is available in the most advanced Medical Cardiac centers like; The Cleveland Clinic, John Hopkins Medical center, Texas Heart Institute, The Mayo Clinic, JKF Medical Center Atlantis, BIMC New York city, University of California San Diego.] - [In London the cost is $12,000 and the waiting list is huge ref. The Sunday Express dtd. March 7th 2004 In Randhawa Hospital Amritsar, the total package cost is $ 2,500 only This includes 35 1hr EECP(ECP) sittings + complete blood tests including lipid profile, TMT test, and ECHO done before and after EECP(ECP).] - [Arrangement for accommodation can be made within the hospital @ US$ 30/day AC, @ US$ 50/Day in 3 Star Hotel within 800 Meters of the Hospital or @ US$ 70/Day in 4 Star Hotel within 2km]

2d echo

a 2d echo procedure

EECP MACHINE - Compressor Unit

[EECP] - [EECP(ECP) or Enhanced External Counter Pulsation is a modern machine designed in USA and approved by USDFA for treatment of heart disease arteries. It increases blood flow to the diseased arteries by 200% and opens up collaterals. Thus it relieves chest pain and difficulty in breathing. The patient can walk longer, breathe easier and have a much better quality of life. The five year survival rate is the same for surgery, stents and EECP(ECP).] - [Who can benefit from EECP(ECP)? - Those who have been advised bypass surgery and choose not to have it.] - [Those who cannot afford the cost of bypass surgery.] - [Those who have other diseases which make them unfit for surgery eg. coexisting Diabetes Mellitus, Bronchial Asthma, Kidney failure, Thyroid disorders, old age i.e. more than 80 yrs. Those who have already had bypass surgery done a few years earlier and don't want to suffer the experience again.] - [Those patients who cannot afford the exorbitant cost of angioplasty (upto Rs 3.75 lacs with two cipher stents and reopro).] - [Those patients who have chest pain or breathlessness of cardiac origin and do not wish to undergo any further investigation can go for EECP(ECP) directly. Patients whose stents have got blocked again.] - [How does EECP(ECP) work?] - [Actually it is quite simple. The patient lies comfortably on a couch in an A/c room. The legs, thighs and buttocks are enclosed in rubber bladders like those in a BP cuff. Three electrodes are placed on the chest wall to monitor the heart rhythm. One sensor is placed on the index finger or earlobe to monitor the pulse wave. The machine is then started and it sends pressure waves to the air bladders synchronized with the heart beats in such a way that when the heart contracts, a negative pressure wave is sent through the legs so the blood meets with very little resistance. When the heart relaxes (during diastole) positive pressure waves send the blood back to the heart in a more effective manner. So the coronary perfusion is increased by 200%.This causes the collapsed collaterals to reopen and provide blood to areas starved of oxygen.] - [In brief EECP(ECP) results in; Increased diastolic perfusion pressure, Increased coronary perfusion, Increased coronary collateral flow to ischemic regions of myocardium, Decreased ventricular load, Increased venous return.] - [How does the patient know it benefits him? Patient starts feeling better in 3-5 days.His chest pain become less & his difficulty in breathing becomes better.] - [He can walk longer distances without onset of chest pain. His daily need of sub lingual nitrite tablets (sorbitrate or GTN) reduces dramatically.] - [TMT or exercise test is done before and after EECP(ECP). The ST segment depression seen before is markedly decreased eg. a 2-3mm ST depression can easily become 0.5-1mm after 35 days of EECP(ECP). The patient who could exercise say 4mins on the treadmill earlier can now exercise 10 mins without onset of chest pain or breathlessness.] - [Echocardiography is done before and after EECP(ECP). Ejection fraction or the efficiency of the heart improves from say 25% to 40% after 35 days of treatment.] - [There may be visible improvement in the ECG in the form of heart rate, ST segment depression & ectopics.] - [Stress thallium done before and after shows improved perfusion i.e. blood flow can be seen in those areas of the heart which were earlier starved of blood. Thus we see a marked improvement in almost all parameters of cardiac function measured before and after EECP(ECP).] - [So the good effects of EECP(ECP) can not only be felt by the patient but can also be demonstrated to his relatives and his treating Physician.] - [Cost of treatment (comparison) - EECP(ECP) is available in the most advanced Medical Cardiac centers like; The Cleveland Clinic, John Hopkins Medical center, Texas Heart Institute, The Mayo Clinic, JKF Medical Center Atlantis, BIMC New York city, University of California San Diego.] - [In London the cost is $12,000 and the waiting list is huge ref. The Sunday Express dtd. March 7th 2004 In Randhawa Hospital Amritsar, the total package cost is $ 2,500 only This includes 35 1hr EECP(ECP) sittings + complete blood tests including lipid profile, TMT test, and ECHO done before and after EECP(ECP).] - [Arrangement for accommodation can be made within the hospital @ US$ 30/day AC, @ US$ 50/Day in 3 Star Hotel within 800 Meters of the Hospital or @ US$ 70/Day in 4 Star Hotel within 2km]

EECP MACHINE - Treatment Bed With Cuffs

[EECP] - [EECP(ECP) or Enhanced External Counter Pulsation is a modern machine designed in USA and approved by USDFA for treatment of heart disease arteries. It increases blood flow to the diseased arteries by 200% and opens up collaterals. Thus it relieves chest pain and difficulty in breathing. The patient can walk longer, breathe easier and have a much better quality of life. The five year survival rate is the same for surgery, stents and EECP(ECP).] - [Who can benefit from EECP(ECP)? - Those who have been advised bypass surgery and choose not to have it.] - [Those who cannot afford the cost of bypass surgery.] - [Those who have other diseases which make them unfit for surgery eg. coexisting Diabetes Mellitus, Bronchial Asthma, Kidney failure, Thyroid disorders, old age i.e. more than 80 yrs. Those who have already had bypass surgery done a few years earlier and don't want to suffer the experience again.] - [Those patients who cannot afford the exorbitant cost of angioplasty (upto Rs 3.75 lacs with two cipher stents and reopro).] - [Those patients who have chest pain or breathlessness of cardiac origin and do not wish to undergo any further investigation can go for EECP(ECP) directly. Patients whose stents have got blocked again.] - [How does EECP(ECP) work?] - [Actually it is quite simple. The patient lies comfortably on a couch in an A/c room. The legs, thighs and buttocks are enclosed in rubber bladders like those in a BP cuff. Three electrodes are placed on the chest wall to monitor the heart rhythm. One sensor is placed on the index finger or earlobe to monitor the pulse wave. The machine is then started and it sends pressure waves to the air bladders synchronized with the heart beats in such a way that when the heart contracts, a negative pressure wave is sent through the legs so the blood meets with very little resistance. When the heart relaxes (during diastole) positive pressure waves send the blood back to the heart in a more effective manner. So the coronary perfusion is increased by 200%.This causes the collapsed collaterals to reopen and provide blood to areas starved of oxygen.] - [In brief EECP(ECP) results in; Increased diastolic perfusion pressure, Increased coronary perfusion, Increased coronary collateral flow to ischemic regions of myocardium, Decreased ventricular load, Increased venous return.] - [How does the patient know it benefits him? Patient starts feeling better in 3-5 days.His chest pain become less & his difficulty in breathing becomes better.] - [He can walk longer distances without onset of chest pain. His daily need of sub lingual nitrite tablets (sorbitrate or GTN) reduces dramatically.] - [TMT or exercise test is done before and after EECP(ECP). The ST segment depression seen before is markedly decreased eg. a 2-3mm ST depression can easily become 0.5-1mm after 35 days of EECP(ECP). The patient who could exercise say 4mins on the treadmill earlier can now exercise 10 mins without onset of chest pain or breathlessness.] - [Echocardiography is done before and after EECP(ECP). Ejection fraction or the efficiency of the heart improves from say 25% to 40% after 35 days of treatment.] - [There may be visible improvement in the ECG in the form of heart rate, ST segment depression & ectopics.] - [Stress thallium done before and after shows improved perfusion i.e. blood flow can be seen in those areas of the heart which were earlier starved of blood. Thus we see a marked improvement in almost all parameters of cardiac function measured before and after EECP(ECP).] - [So the good effects of EECP(ECP) can not only be felt by the patient but can also be demonstrated to his relatives and his treating Physician.] - [Cost of treatment (comparison) - EECP(ECP) is available in the most advanced Medical Cardiac centers like; The Cleveland Clinic, John Hopkins Medical center, Texas Heart Institute, The Mayo Clinic, JKF Medical Center Atlantis, BIMC New York city, University of California San Diego.] - [In London the cost is $12,000 and the waiting list is huge ref. The Sunday Express dtd. March 7th 2004 In Randhawa Hospital Amritsar, the total package cost is $ 2,500 only This includes 35 1hr EECP(ECP) sittings + complete blood tests including lipid profile, TMT test, and ECHO done before and after EECP(ECP).] - [Arrangement for accommodation can be made within the hospital @ US$ 30/day AC, @ US$ 50/Day in 3 Star Hotel within 800 Meters of the Hospital or @ US$ 70/Day in 4 Star Hotel within 2km]

heart and echo

echo on your heart

Kamogawa Odori, Kyoto, Japan

True geisha dance performances are rare events that one can only witness if they are part of the affluent clientele of Kyoto’s elusive Geisha tea houses or if they are fortunate enough to procure a seat at one of the annual public performances given in Spring and Fall. Spring dances are traditional events held every year to celebrate the ending of winter. Most of the year, the general public only has the chance to occasionally spy geisha as they scurry along the streets of Gion and Pontocho to their assignments. These spring dances represent a chance for the public to see the geisha in all their glory performing ancient traditional dances. The Kamogawa Odori is a geisha dance performance presented in the late spring in the Pontocho district of Kyoto. Pontocho is one of Kyoto’s few remaining geisha districts, the most famous being Gion. The Pontocho district has been putting on their Kamogawa Odori since 1872. The Kamogawa Odori is perhaps the most famous of the spring dances. It has certainly attained international attention attracting the likes of Charlie Chaplin and Jean Cocteau. Every year a new performance is put on based on a variety of traditional Japanese stories. The first performance was a love story set in Kyoto sometime in the distant past. The story revolves around Kasumimura, a young handsome man (played by a geisha) who makes fans. He is quite popular with the ladies, but his heart is set on only one girl, Akane, to whom he proposes marriage. One of his highborn clients is not satisfied to let him go so easily. The noble lady lures the handsome Kasumimura to her residence with the promise of work. She wants a special fan made with a portrait of herself drawn upon it. As he follows the noble lady’s carriage to her abode, the weather suddenly becomes colder and snow flakes begin to fall ominously. The noble lady reveals to Kasumimura that she is the dreaded Yuki-Onna, the snow woman spirit. Yuki-Onna offers her love, but Kasumimura bravely declines. Yuki-Onna’s love, however, is not easily cast aside. Her loves freezes the hapless fan maker. Yuki-Onna, the snow woman, is winter manifested in a deadly, ghostly form. She is depicted as all white with long black hair wearing a white kimono — beautiful but deadly like winter itself. And like winter, Yuki-Onna was cruel and ruthless in killing unlucky souls caught in her icy realm. She was particularly known for killing mortals by either breathing upon them with her icy breath or simply leading them astray so they would die of exposure. His fiance, Akane, comes and rescues him. Through the strength of her love, Akane is able to defeat Yuki-Onna and revive Kasumimura. Yuki-Onna, heartbroken, weeps warm tears and melts away as winter slowly comes to an end. The fan maker and his brave fiance return and spring comes to Kyoto. Here again is a vibrant echo from that ancient theme of the coming of spring and the ending of winter. Thousands of years ago, in Ancient Mesopotamia, stories were told about the goddess Ishtar visiting the underworld to free her love and subsequently end winter. The second half of the performance was a series of dances representing a selection from the 11th century Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon. At the beginning of her book, Sei Shonagon, an imperial court lady, wrote about the four seasons and the times of day of each season that she enjoyed the most. Sei Shonagon was a lady-in-waiting at the Japanese Imperial Court in the beginning of the 11th Century. She kept a personal diary of sorts in which she wrote down her experiences but mainly her feelings. Such diaries were common at the time and were called pillow books because these books were often kept next to people’s pillows in which they would write their experiences and observations. The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon gives an invaluable insight into the world of the Imperial Court of Kyoto a thousand years ago. Sei Shonagon’s observations are witty, wry, poignant, and at times condescending. Sei Shonagon was a contemporary - however, not a friend - of the famed novelist Murasaki Shikibu who wrote The Tale of the Genji./ David M Weber In spring it is the dawn that is most beautiful. As the light creeps over the hills their outlines are dyed a faint red and wisps if purplish cloud trail over them. In summer the nights. Not only when the moon shines, but on dark nights too, as fireflies flit to and fro… In autumn the evenings … when the sun sets, one’s heart is moved by the sound of the wind and the hum of the insects. In winter the early mornings — the attendants hurry from room to room stirring up fires and bringing charcoal; how well this fits the season’s mood!The Kamogawa Odori is held every May. For those who wish to see authentic geisha performances, the Kamogawa Odori shouldn’t be missed.

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