Drug-Coated Balloon Keeps Leg Arteries Open

BOSTON (Reuters) - Balloons coated with a common cancer drug can help keep blood flowing in clogged leg arteries better than plain angioplasty balloons, German researchers reported on Wednesday. These so-called drug eluting balloons have been seen as an alternative to drug-coated stents -- little mesh tubes often used to hold an artery open after angioplasty.

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