ECP Clinical Application Specialists suggest covering the patient’s lower extremities with a blanket during IECP therapy. This actually has two interesting benefits: first, the warmth from the blanket may serve to vasodilate the vasculature of the lower extremities. As vascular volume is one of the important factors affecting the degree of augmentation, the peripheral vasodilatation secondary to the warmth may, in fact, enhance the therapeutic effect of IECP therapy. Second, the blanket serves to muffle the sound of the valves which is particularly important in a multi-system treatment setting.
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