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Drug-Coated Balloon Beats Conventional Angioplasty for High-Risk Patients With In-Stent Restenosis

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 ...
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Drug-coated balloons reduce the need for permanent heart stents

A new sub-study suggests that using a sirolimus-eluting balloon (SEB), a drug-coated balloon, can reduce the number of stents a patient may need, making it a safe and effective way to treat certain ...
Medical Xpress

Drug-coated balloons shown as effective alternative to stents in larger arteries

In the treatment of larger narrowed blood vessels, drug-coated balloon catheters have been shown to deliver lasting and effective outcomes. Their minimally invasive nature makes them a viable ...
Medical Xpress

Trial finds drug-coated balloon angioplasty less effective than second generation drug-eluting stents

Novel drug-coated balloons (DCB) did not outshine standard treatment with second generation drug-eluting stents (DES) as they were expected to, in a surprise finding of the first randomized trial to ...
Medscape

Paclitaxel-Coated Balloon Superior for In-Stent Restenosis

A paclitaxel-coated balloon, Agent DCB (Boston Scientific), was superior to an uncoated balloon for treating coronary in-stent restenosis in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI ...
Healio

Drug-coated balloon remains superior to uncoated balloon for coronary in-stent restenosis

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A paclitaxel-coated balloon bested conventional angioplasty in treating coronary in-stent restenosis. The coated ...
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Drug-coated balloon shows superiority in coronary in-stent restenosis treatment

In the largest randomized clinical trial and first of its kind to date in the United States, a team led by investigators at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) assessed the efficacy and ...
Times of San Diego

Scripps Cardiologist First in SoCal to Use Drug-Coated Balloon to Clear Clogged Coronary Stent

Scripps Clinic interventional cardiologist Paul Teirstein, M.D., became the first in Southern California to use a newly approved drug-coated balloon to clear a clogged stent that previously had been ...
Medical Device Network on MSN

First patient enrolled in study of Reflow Medical’s Spur system

The study is set to include up to 40 patients with chronic limb-threatening ischaemia.
TCTMD

Long-term Data Support Paclitaxel-Coated Balloons for In-Stent Restenosis

Long-term follow-up of patients treated for drug-eluting stent restenosis following an initial PCI suggests that a drug-coated balloon (DCB) is just as safe and effective as a second round of stenting ...
Healio

Drug-coated balloon bests uncoated balloon for coronary in-stent restenosis in AGENT IDE trial

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A drug-coated balloon produced better clinical outcomes than angioplasty at 1 year in patients with coronary ...