METHODS OF ACUTE RESTORATION OF VASCULAR COMPLIANCE

Disclosed herein is a compound comprising a 4-amino-1,8-naphthalimide for use in a composition applied to a blood vessel, wherein the compound softens and/or disrupts the crystalline matrix of calcified plaque, as well as acutely restoring the vascular compliance at the treatment site of the blood v...

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Hauptverfasser:	HABERER, Barbara R, UTECHT, Ronald E, DOWNEY, Therese J
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	ELECTROTHERAPY HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE MAGNETOTHERAPY MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES RADIATION THERAPY SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS ULTRASOUND THERAPY
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Zusammenfassung:	Disclosed herein is a compound comprising a 4-amino-1,8-naphthalimide for use in a composition applied to a blood vessel, wherein the compound softens and/or disrupts the crystalline matrix of calcified plaque, as well as acutely restoring the vascular compliance at the treatment site of the blood vessel, while maintaining luminal gain during angioplasty . Methods of treatment comprising applying the disclosed composition are also disclosed. Plaque-softening compounds are also disclosed.