Can Drug-Coated Balloon plus Atherectomy Be a Successful Treatment for Calcified FemPop PAD?

Medtronic and VIVA Physicians have launched the REALITY study: to see if directional atherectomy, combined with a drug-coated balloon, is a successful therapeutic option for these difficult cases of calcified and symptomatic femoropopliteal peripheral artery disease (PAD). The study will enroll around 150 patients, who will be treated with Medtronic's HawkOne or TurboHawk atherectomy devices, and then the IN.PACT Admiral paclitaxel drug-coated balloon. Patients will be followed for two years.
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