PREVENTION OF MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION INDUCED VENTRICULAR EXPANSION AND REMODELING

摘要

A method for direct therapeutic treatment of myocardial tissue in a i localized region of a heart having a pathological condition. The method includes identifying a target region of the myocardium and applying material directly and substantially only to at least a portion of the myocardial tiss ue of the target region, through transseptal delivery. The material applied results in a physically modification the mechanical properties, including stiffness, of said tissue. Various devices and modes of practicing the metho d are disclosed for stiffening, restraining and constraining myocardial tissue for the treatment of conditions including myocardial infarction or mitral valve regurgitation. The novel treatment may be combined with prior art diagnostic and therapeutic techniques employing transseptal delivery methods .