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How do the drug-eluting balloons offer a solution for bare-metal instant restenosis? I'm confused by that. If it's a bare metal stent, there is no elastic recoil, because the stent would prevent that. Does it mean this is a solution for instant restenosis with regular balloons? Not sure how that would work. It doesn't mention what drugs are being eluted but I imagine it's blood thinners concentrated on the site of injury. We've discussed this some here at TiMS, I remember being confused and thinking it was a drug-eluting stent, but no it is a drug-eluting balloon. There could well be a role for drug-eluting balloons in CCSVI because of the push to avoid stents because of complications.


There we go! The drug-eluting balloon is a new option for patients with in-stent restenosis in bare metal stents! There are patients here with in-stent restenosis in bare metal stents. If anyone can access the full article, are they talking about restenosis due to clotting or due to intimal hyperplasia regrowth? Either one could use a solution.

edited to add: lol, it's saying in-stent restenosis, not instant restenosis, in the medpage quote. That makes more sense.