Primary Investigator, Bernardo Cortese MD, proudly announces the successful completion of patient enrollment in the TRANSFORM II randomized controlled trial (RCT). This pivotal study aims to evaluate ...

Announcing a new article publication for Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications journal. Acute morphological changes in de novo coronary lesions after drug-coated balloon (DCB) angioplasty ...

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 ...

It calls for future randomized trials comparing DCB angioplasty to stenting with drug-eluting stents (DESs) to confirm these results and further explore the potential benefits and limitations of ...

Drug-coated balloon (DCB) angioplasty has shown promise in the treatment of mature AVF stenosis. These balloons are coated in paclitaxel, which is currently approved for AV access.

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 ...

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 ...

CHENNAI: Kauvery Hospital Chennai has successfully conducted a complex coronary angioplasty procedure using drug-coated balloons (DCB) for a man aged 74. The team of cardiologists performed an ...

Drug-coated Balloons: This is especially the case if the patients are young, have multiple blocks, and have conditions that may make angioplasty to implant drug-eluting stents ineffective.

Drug-coated balloons (DCB), when used in settings where stents may not be needed, will simplify the procedure, do away with the need for a foreign body in the artery and make medications post ...

About the Chocolate Touch® Drug-coated Balloon (DCB) The Chocolate Touch® (Paclitaxel Coated PTA Balloon Catheter) is indicated for percutaneous transluminal angioplasty, after appropriate ...