Techniques and compositions for treating cardiovascular disease by in vivo gene delivery

摘要

Methods are provided for treating patients with cardiovascular disease, including heart disease and peripheral vascular disease. The preferred methods of the present invention involve in vivo delivery of genes, encoding angiogenic proteins or peptides, to the myocardium or to peripheral ischemic tissue, by introduction of a vector containing the gene into a blood vessel supplying the heart or into a peripheral ischemic tissue.