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Method of treatment and devices for the treatment of left ventricular failure

  • US 20060074483A1
  • Filed: 10/01/2004
  • Published: 04/06/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for mitigating the effects of left ventricular heart failure, by temporary support of cardiac function comprising the steps of:

  • a) providing via percutaneous transluminal introduction an expandable temporary one-way valve having a valve support frame;

    b) positioning the valve at a site in either one of the ascending aorta or the descending thoracic aorta downstream of the aortic arch;

    c) expanding the diameter of said valve support frame so as to allow the valve to function in series with the patient'"'"'s essentially normal aortic valve, thereby allowing the temporary valve to decrease the back pressure on the natural valve when both valves are closed during the diastolic phase of the cardiac cycle; and

    d) repositioning the valve at a site further downstream prior to its removal in order to gradually wean an associated patient from the temporary support of cardiac function.

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