An Experimental Study of Paclitaxel Embolisation During Drug Coated Balloon Angioplasty

Drug coated balloons (DCB) improve the patency of femoropopliteal angioplasty but their use in infrapopliteal lesions is debateable as paclitaxel (PTX) particle embolisation has been suspected in some trials. The aim of this study was to compare experimentally five DCBs in terms of distal embolism of PTX.
Source: European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: Source Type: research