April 16, 2014 — Patients with peripheral artery disease in the upper leg experienced significantly better outcomes at ...
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.
March 6, 2014 — Despite good immediate results, in up to 40 percent of patients, obstructed arteries in the leg treated ...
March 3, 2014 — Biotronik announced the release of its Passeo-18 Lux drug-releasing balloon (DRB) in all countries ...
While the current positive revolution in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) practice has been made possible by the ...
February 28, 2014 — Cordis Corp. announced an agreement with TriReme Medical Inc. that grants the company exclusive ...
Herbert Aronow, M.D., MPH, St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor, and an active member of ACC and SCAI, explains the top ...
October 25, 2013 – The global sales of drug-eluting balloons (DEBs) across the 10 major markets (10MM) are expected to ...
August 19, 2013 — Medtronic Inc. announced the submission of its first pre-market approval (PMA) module to the U.S. Food ...