PARACHUTE V PercutAneous Ventricular RestorAtion in Chronic Heart FailUre Due to Ischemic HearT DiseasE.

The CardioKinetix Parachute Implant partitions an enlarged ventricle into dynamic and static chambers. The static chamber is a portion of the left ventricular volume that is taken out of circulation. Stresses placed on the partitioned myocardium and the forces transmitted to the apical segment are decreased both in diastole and systole, eliminating the forces responsible for left ventricular dilation. In addition to this regional unloading, the reduction in size of the dynamic chamber results in a decrease of the myocardial stress in the normal myocardium via Laplace Law, providing a global unloading of the ventricle.