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TCT 2021 | SUGAR Trial: Polymer-Free Stent in Diabetes

In CAD patients with diabetes the polymer-free amphilimus-eluting stent resulted non-inferior to the polymer-based zotarolimus-eluting Resolute Onyx. This...

Drug-Eluting Balloons Find Their Niche

According to this large European registry, drug-eluting balloons (DEBs) are competing with drug-eluting stents (DES) to treat...

SOLACI-CACI 2021 | Overcoming Challenges of the BALLOON EXPANDABLE TAVI Cases – EDWARDS Symposium

✔️ Watch again the Edwards Lifesciences Symposium in the SOLACI-CACI 2021 Virtual Congress.✔️ Topic: Overcoming Challenges of...

The Long Marathon of Ultrathin vs. 2nd Generation Thin-Strut DES

After 2.5 years of non-stop racing, ultrathin-strut drug-eluting stents (DES) reached the finish line before 2nd generation...

Novel DES Technology Promises to Become the Next DES Generation

The novel technology of drug-eluting stent Supreme was designed to synchronize antiproliferative drug release and leave a...

EuroPCR 2021 | CASTLE: Orsiro vs Xience Guided by Intravascular Imaging

According to the CASTLE trial, the Orsino stent—a biodegradable, ultrathin, sirolimus-eluting stent—provides the same results at 12 months...

EuroPCR 2021 | Ultrathin Struts Consolidate as Next DES Development

According to this recent meta-analysis of randomized studies, ultrathin strut devices are associated with lower rates of...