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Methods for treating cardiac valves with adjustable implants

  • US 20050288779A1
  • Filed: 05/06/2005
  • Published: 12/29/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for treating a patient'"'"'s cardiac valve, said method comprising:

  • providing an annuloplasty ring having a first size of a dimension of said ring in a first configuration and a second size of said dimension of said ring in a second configuration;

    attaching said annuloplasty ring while in said first configuration to or near a valve annulus in a heart having a first end-diastolic volume of a ventricle; and

    after said ventricle has a second end-diastolic volume, said second end-diastolic volume being less than said first end-diastolic volume, changing said annuloplasty ring from said first configuration to said second configuration, wherein said second size is less than said first size.

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