Method and apparatus for catheter-based annuloplasty using local plications
CA 2453277 A1 · Owner: Spence, Paul A. · Inventors: Spence, Paul A.; Podmore, Jonathan L.; Hlavka, Edwin J.
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The present invention relates to a minimally invasive method of performing annuloplasty. According to one aspect of the present invention a method for , performing annuloplasty includes accessing a left ventricle of a heart to provide a discrete plication element (905) to the left ventricle and engaging , the plication element to tissue near a mitral valve (916) of the heart. Engaging the plication element (905) includes causing the plication element to gather a portion of the tissue to create a plication. In one embodiment accesing the left ventricle of the heart to provide the plication element (905) includes accessing the left ventricle of the heart using a catheter arrangement.
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