Kit for preventing or treating arterial dysfunction resulting from angioplasty procedures
First Claim
1. A kit containing a combination of components for preventing or treating arterial dysfunction resulting from angioplasty procedures, said kit containing:
- (a) a first container comprising about 25 to about 200 nanograms of a prostaglandin E1 or a prostaglandin pharmacologically equivalent thereto for bolus injection into an artery of a patient;
(b) a second container comprising a prostaglandin E1 or a prostaglandin pharmacologically equivalent thereto for intravenous administration after said bolus injection sufficient to provide 10 to about 100 nanograms per kilogram of body weight per minute over at least a 6 hour period;
(c) a chart cross-referencing an amount of said prostaglandin from said second container to body weights to be admixed with a saline solution to prepare a dosage amount of about 10 nanograms to about 100 nanograms per kilogram of body weight per minute.
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Abstract
A kit for preventing or treating arterial dysfunction resulting from an angioplasty procedure and particularly, in myocardial angioplasty procedures in human beings. The kit provides the materials necessary to introduce a selected amount of an intraarterial prostaglandin compound into an artery, such as a coronary artery, in which an angioplasty procedure is to occur and an intravenous prostaglandin compound. The prostaglandin compound will provide cyto-protection and provide antithrombotic effects and antiplatelet effects and antispasmatic effects. A composition is also provided for reducing dysfunction in angioplasty procedures and comprises a selected amount of a carrier and a prostaglandin compound carried in a specified amount and which carrier does not alter the prostaglandin compound and releases the prostaglandin compound at a rate sufficient to dilate blood vessels to thereby produce the required efficacy. The kit is a prepackaged combination of components which provides for the complete administration of the prostaglandin compound before, during and after the angioplasty procedure.
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1. A kit containing a combination of components for preventing or treating arterial dysfunction resulting from angioplasty procedures, said kit containing:
- (a) a first container comprising about 25 to about 200 nanograms of a prostaglandin E1 or a prostaglandin pharmacologically equivalent thereto for bolus injection into an artery of a patient;
(b) a second container comprising a prostaglandin E1 or a prostaglandin pharmacologically equivalent thereto for intravenous administration after said bolus injection sufficient to provide 10 to about 100 nanograms per kilogram of body weight per minute over at least a 6 hour period; (c) a chart cross-referencing an amount of said prostaglandin from said second container to body weights to be admixed with a saline solution to prepare a dosage amount of about 10 nanograms to about 100 nanograms per kilogram of body weight per minute. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
- (a) a first container comprising about 25 to about 200 nanograms of a prostaglandin E1 or a prostaglandin pharmacologically equivalent thereto for bolus injection into an artery of a patient;
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