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Bifurcation treatment: Interest of the association DES and DEB? preliminary results in a rabbit model

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Bifurcation treatment: Interest of the association DES and DEB? preliminary results in a rabbit model

Author: Dr. Patrice Guérin, L’Institut du Thorax, Interventional Cardiology, Nantes University Hospital, France

 

LIMITATIONS

  • Animal model
  • Aorto-iliac angioplasty
  • Very thin and non atherosclerotic arteries
  • Some studies have shown a graded response to the paclitaxel dose (Heldman et al Circ 2001 ; Drachman et al JACC 2000)

PERSPECTIVE

  • Pigs coronary arteries model
  • What about the association Paclitaxel eluting and balloon and Sirolimus eluting stent (in progress)

 

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