Methods are provided for reducing
copper values for, by way of example, treating, preventing or ameliorating
tissue damage such as, for example,
tissue damage that may be caused by (i) disorders of the heart
muscle (for example,
cardiomyopathy or
myocarditis) such as idiopathic
cardiomyopathy, metabolic
cardiomyopathy which includes
diabetic cardiomyopathy, alcoholic cardiomyopathy,
drug-induced cardiomyopathy,
ischemic cardiomyopathy, and hypertensive cardiomyopathy, (ii) atheromatous disorders of the major blood vessels (macrovascular
disease) such as the
aorta, the
coronary arteries, the
carotid arteries, the cerebrovascular arteries, the renal arteries, the iliac arteries, the femoral arteries, and the popliteal arteries, (iii) toxic,
drug-induced, and metabolic (including hypertensive and / or diabetic disorders of small blood vessels (microvascular
disease) such as the
retinal arterioles, the glomerular arterioles, the vasa nervorum, cardiac arterioles, and associated
capillary beds of the eye, the
kidney, the heart, and the central and
peripheral nervous systems, (iv)
plaque rupture of atheromatous lesions of major blood vessels such as the
aorta, the
coronary arteries, the
carotid arteries, the cerebrovascular arteries, the renal arteries, the iliac arteries, the fermoral arteries and the popliteal arteries, (v) diabetes or the complications of diabetes.