METHODS OF ACUTE RESTORATION OF VASCULAR COMPLIANCE

METHODS OF ACUTE RESTORATION OF VASCULAR COMPLIANCE

Disclosed herein is a compound 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 d...

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Hauptverfasser: DOWNEY THERESE J, UTECHT RONALD E, HABERER BARBARA R
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
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ELECTROTHERAPY
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
MAGNETOTHERAPY
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES
RADIATION THERAPY
ULTRASOUND THERAPY
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Zusammenfassung:Disclosed herein is a compound 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.