Title Miokardo revaskuliarizacijos, taikant smūginės bangos Evaluation of myocardium revascularisation by cardiac shock-wave therapy applying multimodal image analysis /
Translation of Title Miokardo revaskuliarizacijos, taikant smūginės bangos terapiją, efektyvumo vertinimas daugialypės (multimodalios) vaizdinės diagnostikos metodais.
Authors Zuozienė, Gitana
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Keywords [eng] Ischemic heart disease ; cardiac shock-wave therapy ; angiogenesis
Abstract [eng] Ischemic heart disease (IHD) is one of leading morbidity and mortality caused worldwide. Along with medical treatment currently there are two main methods of coronary revascularisation – percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and aortocoronary bypass surgery (ACBS). New heart revascularisation methods are under development, which are to be applied for routine practice in the future. One of methods stimulating angiogenesis is cardiac shock wave therapy (CSWT). CSWT is new reconstructive / regeneration treatment method offering alternative for revascularisation, as use of steam cells for such purposes is still in the stage of trials. Low frequency mechanical waves are used for CSWT. Their effect results in improved heart perfusion and development of blood vessels' network. Such waves for the first time in medicine were applied about 20 years ago for renal stones fragmentation. This treatment method has been recently applied in clinics worldwide and only few of them obtained some experience in this area. CSWT, along with medical and invasive treatment methods for patients with severely advanced ischemic heart disease, in Santariškių Clinics of Vilnius University Hospital was introduced in 2008.
Type Summaries of doctoral thesis
Language English
Publication date 2013