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TCT Round-Up: The Next Generation Of Drug-Eluting Stents, Drug-Coated Balloon Featured At Washington Conference

 
• By Reed Miller

One of the world’s largest showcases for new interventional cardiology technology, the 2016 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2016 scientific sessions, were held Oct. 29-Nov. 2 in Washington, DC. This year’s edition of TCT featured many presentations on new drug-eluting coronary stent technologies, as well as drug-coated balloons for peripheral interventions.

Results of the TRANFORM-OCT trial, announced at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics meeting, show a high rate of strut coverage and low rates of neoatherosclerosis with Boston Scientific Corp.’s Synergy everolimus-eluting coronary stent with a biodegradable polymer.

“TRANSFORM-OCT adds a novel mechanistic dimension to the assessment of new-generation drug-eluting stents, consolidating the understanding that well designed and biocompatible polymers, regardless of whether they are durable or biodegradable, may favorably impact the long-term vascular response of these stents,” explained principal investigator Giulio Guagliumi of the Ospedale Giovanni

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