SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING ALTERNATIVE BLOOD FLOW INTO THE HEART MUSCLE

摘要

A surgical procedure for bringing new blood flow into the myocardium, comprising the steps of: directing a generally cylindrically shaped first component into a heart wall being treated; forming a first channel extending through the epicardium and through the myocardium into a ventricle of the heart by said component; and removing a generally cylindrically shaped tissue core through said component, from said myocardium during formation of said first or main channel.