Anginal symptoms and signs of ischemia have been reported in some patients with cardiac amyloidosis (TTR) without obstructive epicardial coronary artery disease (CAD). It was found that coronary microvascular dysfunction was highly prevalent in subjects with cardiac amyloidosis, even in the absence of epicardial CAD. The investigators found lower stress and rest myocardial blood flow (MBF) and lower myocardial flow reserve (MFR) in their cardiac PET (Positron emission tomography) study (13N), including 21 patients. The advances in SPECT technology including cadmium zinc telluride (CZT) detectors allow to evaluate the MBF and MFR estimation by SPECT as shown in both experimental animal models and also in clinical studies with comparison to PET. SPECT is more widely available than cardiac PET.
Anginal symptoms and signs of ischemia have been reported in some patients with cardiac amyloidosis (TTR) without obstructive epicardial coronary artery disease (CAD). It was found that coronary microvascular dysfunction was highly prevalent in subjects with cardiac amyloidosis, even in the absence of epicardial CAD. The investigators found lower stress and rest myocardial blood flow (MBF) and lower myocardial flow reserve (MFR) in their cardiac PET (Positron emission tomography) study (13N), including 21 patients. The advances in SPECT technology including cadmium zinc telluride (CZT) detectors allow to evaluate the MBF and MFR estimation by SPECT as shown in both experimental animal models and also in clinical studies with comparison to PET. SPECT is more widely available than cardiac PET. Thus, the investigators would like: 1. to confirm the results of Dorbala et al using SPECT, and 2. to go further with evaluation of the effect of Tafamidis on microvascular dysfunction.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
50
SPECT MPI including dynamic acquisitions for stress, rest MBF and MFR
CHU d'ANGERS
Angers, France
CHU Caen
Caen, France
CHU Orleans
Orléans, France
CHRU de TOURS
Tours, France
Difference of Stress and Rest Myocardial Blood Flow
Difference of Stress and Rest Myocardial Blood Flow (mL/min/g) at baseline and after 24 months of treatments, assessed by dynamic SPECT (regional and global left ventricle measurements)
Time frame: Month 24
ratio of Stress Myocardial Blood Flow/ Rest Myocardial Blood Flow
Difference of Myocardial Flow Reserve (ie ratio of Stress Myocardial Blood Flow/ Rest Myocardial Blood Flow) at baseline and after 24 months of treatments, assessed by dynamic SPECT (regional and global left ventricle measurements)
Time frame: Month 24
Number or participants with stress reduction
Stress assessed by dynamic SPECT (regional and global left ventricle measurements), in comparison to "normal" values
Time frame: baseline
Number or participants with rest MBF (myocardial blood flow) reduction
Rest Myocardial Blood Flow (mL/min/g) assessed by dynamic SPECT (regional and global left ventricle measurements), in comparison to "normal" values
Time frame: baseline
ratio of Stress Myocardial Blood Flow/ Rest Myocardial Blood Flow
Myocardial Flow Reserve (ie ratio of Stress Myocardial Blood Flow/ Rest Myocardial Blood Flow) assessed by dynamic SPECT (regional and global left ventricle measurements) in comparison to "normal" values
Time frame: Baseline
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