Medscape

Paclitaxel-coated balloon reduces restenosis after leg angioplasty

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 ...
Business Wire

Injectable Angioplasty Balloon Catheter Transforms Peripheral Procedures, Users Report Reduced Equipment and Contrast Needs

First In-Man Experience Exceeds Expectations, Cited as “Game Changer” for Below-the-Knee Procedures CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Summa Therapeutics, LLC announced today that the first-in-man ...
The Hour

Procedure starts angioplasty in wrist rather than leg

If your arteries are clogged and you're facing an angioplasty, your doctor may offer you an unusual choice: wrist or groin? Though the number of doctors who perform wrist angioplasty remains small in ...

Tyneside surgeon first in Europe to use 'dissolvable' life-saving treatment that 'leaves nothing behind'

Surgeon James McCaslin, operating on Cramlington man Stephen Laurie, became the first in Europe to fit a stent that will help ...