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ACS Biomater Sci Eng
January 2025
Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E3, Canada.
Restenosis remains a long-standing limitation to effectively maintain functional blood flow after percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA). While the use of drug-coated balloons (DCBs) containing antiproliferative drugs has improved patient outcomes, limited tissue transfer and poor therapeutic targeting capabilities contribute to off-target cytotoxicity, precluding adequate endothelial repair. In this work, a DCB system was designed and tested to achieve defined arterial delivery of an antirestenosis therapeutic candidate, cadherin-2 (N-cadherin) mimetic peptides (NCad), shown to selectively inhibit smooth muscle cell migration and limit intimal thickening in early animal PTA models.
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December 2024
GRN Hospital Weinheim, Department of Cardiology, Vascular Medicine & Pneumology, Weinheim, Germany.
Cardiovasc Diagn Ther
December 2024
Department of Cardiology, Dokkyo Medical University Saitama Medical Center, Saitama, Japan.
Cardiovasc Diagn Ther
December 2024
Department of Angiology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Am J Cardiol
January 2025
Division of Cardiology, Severance Cardiovascular Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Endovascular treatment of femoropopliteal artery (FPA) disease with Drug-coated balloons (DCBs) may face complications such as arterial recoil, dissection, and residual stenosis. Angiography has limited accuracy for evaluating blood flow through revascularized target lesions. Thus, there is a need for post-procedure hemodynamic assessment in treated limbs.
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