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 ...

DCB Outperforms Balloon Angioplasty The ILLUMENATE Pivotal IDE trial compared the paclitaxel DCB (n = 200) with standard balloon angioplasty (n = 100) in patients with arterial disease in the SFA ...

WASHINGTON — In the ILLUMENATE trial, both safety and effectiveness endpoints demonstrated superiority of a drug-coated balloon over percutaneous transluminal angioplasty at 1 year in ...

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 patients with femoropopliteal occlusive disease, drug-coated balloons appear to be superior to percutaneous transluminal angioplasty, according to results of the German cohort of the LEVANT 2 ...

However, only the Walking Impairment Questionnaire showed favored DCB treatment over standard balloon angioplasty at 12 months. Lastly, there were no between-group differences in individual secondary ...

Meeting Coverage > EuroPCR Step-Down Antiplatelet Strategy Pairs Well With DCB Angioplasty — REC-CAGEFREE II is the first randomized trial on antiplatelet strategies after DCB therapy by Nicole ...

- PTCA Drug Coated Balloon (DCB) Angioplasty Procedures Reasons to Buy The North America Interventional Cardiology Procedures report helps you to develop - ...

Scope EU5 Interventional Cardiology Procedures is segmented as follows - - Angiography Procedures - Balloon Angioplasty Procedures - Coronary Stenting Procedures - Percutaneous Coronary ...

"The decision to neither create a new APC category nor assign DCB angioplasty a more appropriate APC category surprised professional societies, physicians, public policy organizations, and medical ...

Paris, France, 17 May 2023. The field of coronary drug-coated balloon (DCB) angioplasty looks set to assume growing importance in the years to come and the potential for increased use of these ...