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Methods and apparatus for treating ischemic heart disease by providing transvenous myocardial perfusion

  • US 6,186,972 B1
  • Filed: 12/09/1998
  • Issued: 02/13/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/16/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Apparatus for use in treating ischemic heart disease by providing retrograde transvenous myocardial perfusion, the apparatus comprising:

  • a catheter configured to be disposed in a patient'"'"'s venous vasculature, the catheter having a lumen; and

    means for forming one or more transmural passageways between a portion of the patient'"'"'s venous vasculature and a cardiac chamber so that a parameter corresponding to a peak pressure attained in the venous vasculature is less than a predetermined value.

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