A SYSTEM, INCLUDING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERCUTANEOUS ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF FUNCTIONAL MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY

摘要

An apparatus comprising medical means (130) (e.g. stents, balloons) for medially displacing the left ventricular wall of a heart to ameliorate functional mitral regurgitation, the mechanical means being adapted for being placed in at least one of the posterior or anterior interventricular veins (31, 33). The mechanical means may comprise magnets being threaded on guide wires, the magnets being configured and dimensioned to fit within the anterior and posterior interventricular veins of the heart whereby when placed into said veins attraction of the magnets brings both veins closer together and consequently brings both papillary muscles closer together. The mechanical means may comprise two pre-shaped memory rods bound together at the level of the coronary sinus to form an inverted U-shaped object (133), which when positioned in the anterior and posterior interventricular veins brings closer said veins and consequently brings the papillary muscles closer.