DISPOSITIF ET METHODE DE SUSPENSION TEMPORAIRE OU PERMANENTE D'UN ECHAFAUDAGE IMPLANTABLE CONTENANT UN ORIFICE POUR LE POSITIONNEMENT D'UNE VALVULE PROTHETIQUE OU BIOPROTHETIQUE
In a surgical method for improving cardiac function, an implantable scaffold or valve support device is inserted inside a patient's heart and attached to the heart in a region adjacent to a natural mitral or other heart valve. The scaffold or valve support device defines an orifice and, after the attaching of the scaffold or valve support device to the heart, or temporary support while native valve leaflets and/or subvalvular structures are captured, a prosthetic or bio-prosthetic valve seated in the orifice, and the native valve may be retracted into the scaffold/replacement assembly to create a gasket for sealing the complex.
