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UC SF
VASCULAR SURGERY • UC SAN FRANCISCO
Vessel Preparation is the Key Step For Successful DCB Revascularization
Shant M. Vartanian, MD Assistant Professor of Surgery Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
UC SF
VASCULAR SURGERY • UC SAN FRANCISCO
Disclosures:
- None
UC SF
VASCULAR SURGERY • UC SAN FRANCISCO
Biology of Restenosis
UC SF
VASCULAR SURGERY • UC SAN FRANCISCO
DCB Drug Delivery
- Avoids metal/polymer induced restenosis
- May distribute antiproliferative more homogenously than
- ther methods
- ~20% lost on the way to the target
- Deposit ~20% at the target
- Collect ~20% on balloon retrieval
- ~40% is lost downstream as particulate
Waksman R, Pakala R. Drug-eluting balloon: the comeback kid? Circ Cardiovasc Interv. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2009 Aug;2(4):352–8.