Drug-coated balloon angioplasty: An intriguing alternative for the treatment of coronary chronic total occlusions

Bernardo Cortese; Dario Buccheri; Davide Piraino; Pedro Silva-Orrego; Romano Seregni

doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.03.223

Drug-coated balloon angioplasty: An intriguing alternative for the treatment of coronary chronic total occlusions

Int J Cardiol. 2015:187:238-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.03.223. Epub 2015 Mar 18.

Authors

Bernardo Cortese¹, Dario Buccheri², Davide Piraino², Pedro Silva-Orrego³, Romano Seregni³

Affiliations

¹ Interventional Cardiology, A.O. Fatebenefratelli, Milano, Italy. Electronic address: bcortese@gmail.com.
² Interventional Cardiology, A.O. Fatebenefratelli, Milano, Italy; Interventional Cardiology, A.O.U.P. Paolo Giaccone, Palermo, Italy.
³ Interventional Cardiology, A.O. Fatebenefratelli, Milano, Italy.

PMID: 25838222
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.03.223

No abstract available

Keywords: Chronic coronary total occlusion (CTO); Drug-coated balloon (DCB); Drug-eluting stent (DES); Dual antiPlatelet therapy (DAPT); Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / instrumentation*
Coronary Occlusion / drug therapy
Coronary Occlusion / therapy*
Humans
Male
Paclitaxel / administration & dosage

Substances

Paclitaxel