Hollywood, FL—Angioplasty with a drug-coated balloon for the treatment of in-stent restenosis of the superficial femoral artery (SFA) achieves significantly better patency at 12 months compared with ...

Drug-coated balloons are gaining attention as a stent-free angioplasty option, offering a “leave nothing behind” approach ...

A drug-eluting resorbable stent was found to be just as effective in treating infrapopliteal artery disease in patients at risk of limb amputation, according to a study published Oct. 25 in the New ...

Paclitaxel-eluting balloons are more effective than conventional balloon angioplasty at treating bare-metal stent (BMS) or drug-eluting stent (DES) restenosis, according to the results of a randomized ...

Washington, DC - As Cutting Balloon TM (Boston Scientific, Natick, MA) angioplasty has struggled to find a niche in the world of interventional cardiologyespecially in light of two previous randomized ...

Stent grafts may be more effective than balloon angioplasty in prolonging the function of stenosed arteriovenous access grafts and in lowering the likelihood of requiring additional interventions, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Balloon angioplasty and stent implantation procedures in the early postoperative period after congenital heart ...

A new drug-eluting balloon can perform just as well as the standard treatment for patients with coronary in-stent restenosis (ISR) undergoing repeated percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). These ...

San Francisco — For the treatment of coronary artery in-stent restenosis, angioplasty with a drug-coated balloon (AGENT DCB; Boston Scientific) was superior to conventional balloon angioplasty in ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. About one in six patients who undergo balloon angioplasty to open a ...