According to Dr Sameer Dani, Director and Chief Interventional Cardiologist at Apollo CVHF Heart Institute, Ahmedabad, the relatively new technology of drug-coated balloons reduces the cost of stents in up to 20-30% of angioplasty procedures. Can supersede use.
Dr. Dani joins Italian-based interventional cardiologist Dr. Antonio Colombo, who was conducting a workshop on drug-coated balloon technology for percutaneous coronary intervention in Ahmedabad on Friday. He was addressing. Stent technology is incorporated into nearly 95% of angioplasty procedures in India.
Noting the current indiscriminate use of metallic stents, Dr. Dani said the drawback of stents, including drug-eluting stents (DES), is that they lose some of their arterial function over the next few years. I pointed out that there is.
“The drug-coated balloon technique is an alternative emerging technique, but further research is needed to observe long-term follow-up periods of at least three to four years. It will be particularly important for patients,” Dr. Colombo added.
