A bimonthly publication part of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology portfolio of journals connected with ABC Cardiol publishing national and international scientific production in the field of cardiovascular sciences.
ISSN 2359-4802
eISSN 2359-5647
Marcos Garcia-Guimarães, Ramón Maruri-Sanchez, Javier Cuesta, Fernando Rivero, Teresa Bastante, [...]
Marcos Garcia-Guimarães, Ramón Maruri-Sanchez, Javier Cuesta, Fernando Rivero, Teresa Bastante, [...]
DOI: 10.5935/2359-4802.20180040
Drug-eluting balloons (DEB) represent an interesting alternative to current generation drug-eluting stents (DES) in selected anatomic scenarios, such as in-stent restenosis, small-vessel disease and bifurcation lesions, where the systematic implantation of DES may result less appealing., In particular, lesions located at the distal anastomosis of a bypass graft (an artificially created bifurcation) constitute a unique anatomic setting, where DEB may overcome some inherent limitations of DES resulting from the implantation of a metallic platform throughout the bypass graft into and […]
Keywords: Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / methods; Coronary Artery Disease / diagnosis; Drug-Eluting Stents; Treatment Outcome; Sirolimus