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Methods and apparatus for atrioventricular valve repair

  • US 20040059351A1
  • Filed: 07/28/2003
  • Published: 03/25/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of performing a procedure in the heart, comprising the steps of:

  • providing a catheter having an elongate flexible body, a proximal end, a distal end, and a procedure zone, spaced proximally apart from the distal end;

    advancing the catheter antegrade through the mitral valve, through the aortic valve and into the aorta, such that the procedure zone is positioned upstream from the aortic valve; and

    performing a procedure from the procedure zone.

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