Left ventricular conduits to coronary arteries and methods for coronary bypass

摘要

A method of treating a heart may include providing an implant having a first end and a second end, placing the implant in a heart wall between a heart chamber and a blood vessel such that the first end of the implant is in flow communication with at least one of the geart chamber and the blood vessel, and delivering an angiogenesis factor in a time-relaease mannor to the heart wall proximate the implant.