Many of us are now familiar with balloon angioplasty for removal of blocks in the blood vessels of the heart and insertion of drug coated stents, known technically as drug eluting stent or DES. Drug coated balloon is a new concept in which an angioplasty balloon coated with medication releases the drug in the blood vessel wall during balloon inflation. The advantage over a drug eluting stent is that there is no permanent implant within the blood vessel.
14 июл 2022
