Use of drug-coated balloon instead of drug-eluting stent for pediatric cardiac allograft vasculopathy

Cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) sometimes leads to restenosis, even after percutaneous transcatheter intervention. Recently, drug-coated balloons (DCBs) have been successfully used to treat coronary artery disease, especially CAVs, in adults. However, no studies have used DCBs in pediatric CAVs...

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Main Authors: Masaki Hirose, Jun Narita, Kazuhisa Hashimoto, Ryo Ishii, Hidekazu Ishida, Keiichi Ozono
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2023-01-01
Series:Annals of Pediatric Cardiology
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Online Access:http://www.annalspc.com/article.asp?issn=0974-2069;year=2023;volume=16;issue=1;spage=45;epage=47;aulast=Hirose