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Effective techniques for performing DCB angioplasty
16 Jan 2025
Drug-coated balloon (DCB) angioplasty has become a valuable alternative to drug-eluting stents in treating coronary artery disease. To achieve optimal outcomes, proper lesion preparation and techniques to minimise drug loss are crucial.
This article highlights key steps and best practices for performing DCB angioplasty, ensuring effective drug delivery and...

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Evidence base: A description of the key, so far published, studies in the space of drug coated balloons
23 Jan 2025
Authored by Hector Garcia-Garcia and Jorge Sanz-Sanchez, this article examines pivotal randomized clinical trials on drug-coated balloons in coronary artery disease. It highlights their role in managing in-stent restenosis, de novo small vessel lesions, and large vessel lesions while exploring future directions through ongoing trials.

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Optical coherence tomography predictors of clinical outcomes after stent implantation: the ILUMIEN IV trial
04 Nov 2024
The aim of this pre-specified analysis of the ILUMIEN IV trial was to assess the relationship between post-PCI OCT parameters of suboptimal stent implantation and clinical outcomes.

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Artificial intelligence-based fully automated quantitative coronary angiography versus optical coherence tomography guidance for coronary stent implantation: a multicenter, randomised controlled non-inferiority trial (FLASH)
07 Nov 2024
Panos Xaplanteris provides his take on the FLASH trial presented by Jung-Min Ahn at TCT 2024 in Washington.

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Comparison of noncompliant balloon with drug-coating balloon angioplasties for side branch after provisional stenting for patients with true coronary bifurcation lesions: The prospective, multicenter, randomized DCB-BIF Trial
03 Nov 2024
Aaysha Cader provides her take on the DCB-BIF Trial presented by Shao-Liang Chen at TCT 2024 in Washington.

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DCB digital crosstalk: practice patterns for patients with diabetes and diffuse disease in Asia
16 Oct 2024
Watch the replay of this webinar on the concept of DCB in native vessel disease and so much more!
PCR @ TCT 2024 - Get the international perspective!
27 Oct 2024
Thanks to the contribution of a team of interventional cardiologists from around the globe, get the international perspective on Late-breaking Clinical Trials and Science released at TCT 2024 - check out the list below.
DCB digital crosstalk: practice patterns for patients with diabetes and diffuse disease in Europe
07 Oct 2024
Watch the replay of this webinar on the concept of DCB in native vessel disease and so much more!
A patient with ISR: what is the role of DCB today?
07 Oct 2024
Watch the replay of this webinar to review the mechanisms of ISR and so much more!
Hybrid procedure: Stent and DCB for a long diffuse lesion - LIVE case
05 Oct 2024 – From AICT-AsiaPCR 2024
A 40-year-old male with no comorbidities presented an NSTEMI. The angiography showed a focus lesion on the mid-CX and a diffuse lesion on the mid and distal LAD. The LAD FFR are 0.49 with a diffuse pullback gradient.
After Stent in mid-CX guided by OCT, the operators...