Interventionalists Adopt Drug-Coated Balloon Protocols Fast
Vascular interventionalists increasingly specify drug-coated balloons that deliver anti-restenotic medication directly into the vessel wall during angioplasty, a practice that has converted procedural planning from a mechanical dilation decision into a combined mechanical and pharmacological treatment strategy across major vascular centers. This shift addresses a genuine durability concern, since plain balloon angioplasty alone faces meaningfully higher restenosis rates than drug-coated approaches typically achieve in comparable femoropopliteal lesions. Several manufacturers have expanded drug-coated balloon portfolios with published patency data, positioning documented restenosis reduction as the category's clearest growth driver heading into the next several years of adoption.
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