Boston, MA - A paclitaxel-coated balloon may end up filling a role never successfully filled by drug-eluting stents (DES): angioplasty of the leg. According to Dr Gunnar Tepe ...

Aortic coarctation is a congenital narrowing of part of the aorta, most commonly the aortic arch, usually close to the origin of the left subclavian artery. This results in high blood pressure in the ...

MINNEAPOLIS -- Medtronic, Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the company's IN.PACT Admiral drug-coated balloon (DCB) for the interventional treatment of ...

HOLLYWOOD, Florida – Five-year results of the IN.PACT trials in the U.S. and Europe show that drug-coated balloon angioplasty is superior to plain balloon angioplasty in treating patients with ...

ILLUMENATE First-in-Human Clinical Trial Supports the Stellarex™ Balloon with EnduraCoat™ Technology in Treating Peripheral Arterial Disease PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Covidien’s Stellarex™ drug-coated ...

Patients treated for a blocked artery in the leg were significantly more likely to have an open artery without further interventions at 12 months if they received the second-generation ...

Adding balloon angioplasty to aggressive medical management significantly lowers the risk for stroke or death in patients with symptomatic intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis (sICAS), results of a ...

Once spoken only in hospitals among medical professionals, the word ‘angioplasty’ has now practically become a household term. Data from hospitals across India between 2020 and 2023 reveals that 50% ...

Angioplasty is a medical procedure that opens up a blocked or narrowed artery around the heart. Doctors also refer to angioplasty as percutaneous coronary intervention, or PCI. During angioplasty, a ...