Selective therapy may improve artery repair after interventional cardiovascular procedures
Tuesday, August 19, 2014 - 09:00
in Health & Medicine
A new therapy may help reduce the life-threatening complications of interventional cardiovascular disease treatment. The researchers demonstrated in a rat model that the novel molecular therapy could selectively inhibit blood vessel re-narrowing and simultaneously promote vessel healing following a medical procedure using a balloon catheter to open narrowed or blocked arteries.