| 摘要 |
A method and apparatus for solidifying inflamed and unstable plaque on the interior of a blood vessel including inserting a catheter assembly into a human blood vessel while the assembly is in a first, collapsed configuration, advancing the catheter assembly through the blood vessel, stopping at predetermined intervals and expanding the catheter assembly to a second, expanded configuration such that a plurality of temperature detectors contact the interior wall of the blood vessel. The areas of increased temperature are indicative of inflamed and unstable plaque, which is to be stabilized using at least one multi-temperature device, such as a Peltier device, to solidify the plaque and reduce the possibility of a myocardial infarction.
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