Balloon Catheter

This channel includes news and new technology innovations for angioplasty balloon catheters (PTA). These are used in arteries with atherosclerotic lesions to compress the plaque expand the artery lumen to reopen occluded or heavily stenosed atherosclerotic lesions. Balloons are often used in combination with a stent to prop the treated vessel segment open. In addition to plain old balloon angioplasty (POBA), this section includes news about drug-coated balloon (DCB), valvuloplasty balloons and specialty cutting balloon.

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February 19, 2008 - Among patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), prior statin therapy is associated ...

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February 18, 2008 - Treating patients who have occlusive femoropopliteal disease with paclitaxel-coated balloons during ...

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December 6, 2007 โ€“ Patients treated with a rotablator drill less risk of perforation than those treated with the excimer ...

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Cordis Corp. announced the introduction in the U.S. market of the FIRE STAR Rx PTCA Dilatation Catheter and the DURA ...

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October 24, 2007 โ€” Drug-eluting balloons could offer a viable alternative to drug-eluting stents (DES) in the ...

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October 24, 2007 โ€“ ev3 Inc. highlighted at TCT 2007 its merger with FoxHollow Technologies, Inc., which created an ...

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The FIRE STAR Rx PTCA Dilatation Catheter and the DURA STAR Rx PTCA Dilatation Catheter are indicated for ...

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September 25, 2007 - Cordis Corp. today announced the introduction in the U.S. market of the FIRE STAR Rx PTCA ...

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August 3, 2007 โ€“ Novation, a healthcare contracting and services company of VHA Inc. and the University ...

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June 13, 2007 - Cordis Endovascular announced at the 61st Annual Meeting of the Society for Vascular Surgery the ...

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May 31, 2007 - The American Heart Association is launching a community-based program to reduce the toll of the ...

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May 1, 2007 โ€” AngioDynamics Inc. announced today the introduction of its Profiler Balloon Dilatation Catheter in the U.S ...

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April 20, 2007 โ€” The U.S. interventional cardiology market value increased 1.5 percent in Q1 2007 over Q4 2006 ...

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Positive AAA Results with Endovascular Approach

Endovascular aortic repair for abdominal aortic aneurysms ...

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Jan. 31, 2007 โ€” Boston Scientific Corp. days it has received FDA 510(k) clearance to expand its PolarCath ...

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