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