The Reducer (Shockwave Medical Inc.) is a catheter-delivered, hourglass-shaped, stainless steel mesh device implanted into the coronary sinus to improve blood flow to ischemic myocardial tissue in patients with refractory angina pectoris who are unsuitable for revascularization by coronary artery bypass grafting or percutaneous coronary intervention.

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