Method for treating secondary pulmonary hypertension
AssigneeSonivie Ltd.
InventorRotem Gilad
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Abstract
Method for ameliorating secondary pulmonary hypertension in a patient including determining a pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) of the patient suffering from secondary pulmonary hypertension; assessing a change in the PVR in response to a selection treatment; and treating the patient with a pulmonary artery manipulation device to provide pulmonary artery denervation if the patient is determined to suffer from fixed PH, thereby ameliorating the secondary pulmonary hypertension of the patient.
Claims18
A method for determining a patient's suitability for a pulmonary artery denervation treatment, the method comprising:
- obtaining information regarding a pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) of the patient before and after a selection treatment;
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- refraining from providing the pulmonary artery denervation treatment if the determined PVR is below 2.5 Wood units or if the PVR of the patient decreases in response to the selection treatment.
A method for ameliorating and/or treating pulmonary hypertension in a patient in need thereof, the method comprising:
- obtaining information regarding a pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) of the patient before and after a selection treatment;
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- treating the patient with a pulmonary artery manipulation device to provide pulmonary artery denervation only if the determined PVR is above 2.5 Wood units and if essentially no change in the PVR is observed in response to the selection treatment, thereby ameliorating and/or treating the pulmonary hypertension of the patient.
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