Abstract
BackgroundRecent triple-blind sham procedure-controlled study revealed neutral effects of the cardiac shock wave therapy (CSWT) on exercise tolerance and symptoms in patients with stable angina. Current data about the effects of CSWT on global and regional myocardial contractility and perfusion is limited. Hereby we report the results of an imaging sub-study that evaluated the capacity of CSWT to ameliorate myocardial ischemia induced during dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) and cardiac single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT).MethodsProspective, randomized, triple-blind, sham procedure-controlled study enrolled 72 adult subjects who complied with defined inclusion criteria. The subjects were assigned to the OMT + CSWT and the OMT + sham procedure study groups with 1:1 ratio. Application of the CSWT covered all segments of the left ventricle. Imaging ischemia tests were performed in 59 study patients: DSE and SPECT before the CSWT treatment and after 6 months, with DSE carried out additionally at 3 months after randomization. Co-primary endpoints of the study were: change in wall motion score index (WMSI), representing the stress-induced impairment of regional myocardial function, and change in summed difference score (SDS), representing the amount of perfusion defect.ResultsOMT + CSWT and OMT + sham procedure study groups included 30 and 29 patients, respectively. Regional myocardial contractility during DSE significantly improved at 3 months follow-up in OMT + CSWT group compared to baseline as shown by WMSI at stress (1.4 ± 0.4 vs 1.6 ± 0.4, p = 0.001), but not in OMT + sham procedure group (1.5 ± 0.3 vs 1.6 ± 0.4, p = 0.136). The difference in stress DSE results between both study groups disappeared after 6 months. SPECT results demonstrated a significant reduction of inducible ischemia in OMT + CSWT group compared to OMT + sham procedure group at 6 months follow-up (SDS dropped from 5.4 ± 3.7 to 3.6 ± 3.8 vs 6.4 ± 5.9 to 6.2 ± 5 respectively, p = 0.034).ConclusionsCardiac shock wave treatment showed the ability to reduce stress-induced myocardial ischemia, as assessed by wall motion abnormalities and perfusion defects, compared to sham procedure.Trial registrationClinicaltrials.gov (NCT02339454). The trial was registered retrospectively on 12 January 2015.
Highlights
Recent triple-blind sham procedure-controlled study revealed neutral effects of the cardiac shock wave therapy (CSWT) on exercise tolerance and symptoms in patients with stable angina
Patients diagnosed with angiography confirmedCAD and exercise induced-angina associated with STsegment depression ≥1 mm on treadmill electrocardiogram (ECG), and symptoms not controlled by optimal medical treatment (OMT), were enrolled in the study
Exercise capacity was moderately reduced in both study groups
Summary
Recent triple-blind sham procedure-controlled study revealed neutral effects of the cardiac shock wave therapy (CSWT) on exercise tolerance and symptoms in patients with stable angina. Hereby we report the results of an imaging sub-study that evaluated the capacity of CSWT to ameliorate myocardial ischemia induced during dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) and cardiac single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). Major advances in medical therapy and revascularization techniques have markedly improved the quality of life of coronary artery disease (CAD) patients Despite this progress, up to 14% of patients still face considerable symptomatic burden of refractory angina, which is not amenable to traditional revascularization options [1, 2]. In addition to the prospective, randomized, triple blind, sham-procedure controlled trial [16], we performed an imaging sub-study to evaluate the capacity of CSWT to reduce the objective signs of myocardial ischemia, that were determined by dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) and SPECT
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