RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 e0369 Extracorporeal cardiac shock wave therapy promotes angiogenesis after acute myocardial infarction in pigs evaluated by realtime myocardial contrast echocardiography
JF Heart
JO Heart
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Cardiovascular Society
SP A114
OP A114
DO 10.1136/hrt.2010.208967.369
VO 96
IS Suppl 3
A1 Yu Wang
A1 Tao Guo
A1 Chao Yang
A1 Yun Gu
A1 Siming Tao
A1 Shunhua Pu
YR 2010
UL http://heart.bmj.com/content/96/Suppl_3/A114.3.abstract
AB Objective To evaluate the effect of neovascularization of extracorporeal cardiac shock wave therapy in a porcine model in vivo. Methods Acute myocardial infarction was created by balloon occlusion of left anterior descending coronary artery and two different groups were divided (n=5 each). Real-time myocardial contrast echocardiography was performed before infarction and 1 day, 1 month after infarction. In the group A, the shock wave therapy was started 3 days after acute myocardial infarction and applied 9 sessions on 4 segments with low energy (0.09 mJ/mm2) at 200 shoots/spot for 9 spots (−1∼0∼+1 combination) within 1 month and the group B was the control group. Results Within 1 month follow-up, the death rate was 20% and 40% in 2 groups respectively. Neither arrhythmias nor other complications were observed during or after the shock wave therapy. Before infarction, there was no significant differences of regional blood flow valued by A·K on target segments between two groups. After infarction, followed at 1 day and 1 month, A·K decreased significantly before and after self control in both groups (p<0.05). In the group A, A·K was higher on 4 segments compared with the group B (p<0.05), and the blood purfusion of the middle region improved better than that of the apex region (86.57% vs 65.54%). Whereas the group B had little change. Conclusion These results suggest that our extracorporeal cardiac shock wave therapy is a safe, non-invasive treatment in promoting angiogenesis that was associated by a substantial increasing of the regional blood perfusion in a porcine model of acute myocardial infarction.