Extracorporeal Cardiac Shock Wave Therapy Ameliorates Clinical Symptoms and Improves Regional Myocardial Blood Flow in a Patient with Severe Coronary Artery Disease and Refractory Angina
| Title: | Extracorporeal Cardiac Shock Wave Therapy Ameliorates Clinical Symptoms and Improves Regional Myocardial Blood Flow in a Patient with Severe Coronary Artery Disease and Refractory Angina |
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| Authors: | Christian Prinz, Oliver Lindner, Thomas Bitter, Detlef Hering, Wolfgang Burchert, Dieter Horstkotte, Lothar Faber |
| Source: | Case Reports in Medicine, Vol 2009 (2009) |
| Publisher Information: | Wiley, 2009. |
| Publication Year: | 2009 |
| Collection: | LCC:Medicine |
| Subject Terms: | Medicine |
| More Details: | Different therapeutic options are being used for chronic coronary artery disease (CAD). We report about a 51-year-old female with CAD and refractory angina pectoris despite maximally tolerated medical therapy and after both percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). The patient received cardiac shock wave therapy (CSWT) over a period of 6 month. There was no arrhythmia during or after treatment; enzyme levels were normal at all times. PET imaging showed a substantial improvement of myocardial stress perfusion. Since the patient reported that she now was fully capable to deal with her everyday life, further treatment options were postponed. Our case report suggests that ultrasound-guided CSWT is able to improve symptoms and perfusion in ischemic myocardium. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 1687-9627 1687-9635 |
| Relation: | https://doaj.org/toc/1687-9627; https://doaj.org/toc/1687-9635 |
| DOI: | 10.1155/2009/639594 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/c954754df29e46439564ef78bd8c0e0b |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.954754df29e46439564ef78bd8c0e0b |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 16879627 16879635 |
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| DOI: | 10.1155/2009/639594 |
| Published in: | Case Reports in Medicine |
| Language: | English |