Methods and devices are provided for support of a body structure. The
devices can be adjusted within the body of a patient in a minimally
invasive or non-invasive manner such as by applying energy percutaneously
or external to the patient's body. The energy may include, for example,
acoustic energy, radio frequency energy, light energy and magnetic
energy. Thus, as the body structure changes size and/or shape, the size
and/or shape of the annuloplasty rings can be adjusted to provide
continued reinforcement. In certain embodiments, the devices include a
body member including a ferromagnetic shape memory material. The body
member has a first size of a dimension in a first configuration and a
second size of the dimension in a second configuration. The body member
is configured to be implanted into a heart so as to reinforce a cardiac
valve annulus in the first configuration. The body member is configured
to transform from the first configuration to the second configuration in
vivo in response to a magnetic field. The body member in the second
configuration is configured to reduce a size of the cardiac valve
annulus.