While various agents continue to be studied, the sirolimus-eluting Balloon-Expandable [Bx] Velocity Cypher stent produced by Cordis became the first drug-eluting stent to receive marketing ...

PCI of these lesions often requires novel devices, such as drug-eluting stents, hydrophilic guidewires ... the next major technical challenge is balloon dilatation of the lesion, which is ...

Scripps Clinic interventional cardiologist Paul Teirstein, M.D., became the first in Southern California to use a newly approved drug-coated balloon to clear a clogged stent that previously had ...

Several balloon-expandable stents have been used in the iliac artery, however, they have not had a primary indication for iliac stenting. The Express® LD iliac premounted stent system (Boston ...

Nov. 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced the first patient procedures with its investigational transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) balloon-expandable system for ...

1 The investigational system is a type of balloon-expandable TAVI device, which works by crimping the new heart valve on a deflated balloon. The balloon with the mounted valve is then inserted ...

Nov. 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced the first patient procedures with its investigational transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) balloon-expandable system for ...