Absorbable scaffold beats angioplasty for lower-leg artery disease
November 14, 2023
November 14, 2023
ITHACA, New York, Nov. 14 -- Cornell University issued the following news:
In patients with severe artery blockage in the lower leg, an artery-supporting device called a resorbable scaffold is superior to angioplasty, according to the results of a large international clinical trial co-led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian.
Angioplasty, which has been the standard treatment, involves the widening of a narrowed artery with a small, balloon- . . .
In patients with severe artery blockage in the lower leg, an artery-supporting device called a resorbable scaffold is superior to angioplasty, according to the results of a large international clinical trial co-led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian.
Angioplasty, which has been the standard treatment, involves the widening of a narrowed artery with a small, balloon- . . .