Total Occlusions: Device Obstacle or Opportunity?

The market is promising for using catheters, instead of surgery, to open vascular blockages. But the right technology remains elusive.

By Stephen Levin

The essence of interventional cardiology lies in clinicians being able to use the vasculature as a highway to negotiate with...

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