Cutting Balloon Versus Conventional Balloon Angioplasty for the Treatment of Coronary Ar ter y Disease

In-Stent Restenosis Overview: From Intravascular Imaging to Optimal Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Management

“…Scoring balloons (SBs) and cutting balloons (CBs), with their special designs, can offer great performance in special settings like ISR. SBs by creating micro-incisions, or "scores", and CBs by physically cutting the lesion in the atherosclerotic or fibrotic plaque, facilitating the maximum extrusion of neointimal tissue, which translates into a higher acute surface area and lower lumen loss in follow-up [49]. Theoretically, it may result in higher luminal diameters at lower pressure with a reduced chance of recoil.…”

Cutting balloon for femoral arterial and venus obstructions due to suture‐based closure devices: Case series

“…Many might consider surgery to be the optimal treatment strategy. The cutting balloon (CB) is a special angioplasty device with 3–4 microsurgical blades and a noncompliant balloon that creates longitudinal incisions during inflation 7 . A coronary CB can reach a diameter of 4 mm and a length of 15 mm, while a peripheral CB can reach a diameter of 8 mm and a length of 20 mm 8,9 .…”

“…The cutting balloon (CB) is a special angioplasty device with 3-4 microsurgical blades and a noncompliant balloon that creates longitudinal incisions during inflation. 7 A coronary CB can reach a diameter of 4 mm and a length of 15 mm, while a peripheral CB can reach a diameter of 8 mm and a length of 20 mm. 8,9 The coronary CB is primarily used to treat in-stent restenosis and calcified plaques that are not easily dilated by conventional balloons.…”