Newer Data Fades Paclitaxel Risk, Physician Group Says

A meta-analysis that seemed to show an increased mortality risk tied to paclitaxel-coated balloons and stents sent shockwaves through the device industry last year. But a more complete data review funded by nonprofit group VIVA Physicians may show that the issue has been overestimated.

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Paclitaxel-coated balloons and stents may pose less of a mortality risk than earlier studies indicated, a member of the board of directors of physician group VIVA told Medtech Insight.

A study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association (JAHA) in December 2018 found that peripheral arterial disease (PAD) patients who received devices coated with the drug...

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