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Drug delivery at the aortic valve tissues of healthy domestic pigs with a Paclitaxel-eluting valvuloplasty balloon.
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PMID:  19490359     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Process    
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BACKGROUND: Restenosis occurs invariably within 1 year following balloon valvulopasty in aortic valve stenosis. The mechanism of restenosis seems to involve a dynamic cellular component that could be a target for drug inhibition. We investigated the feasibility of local drug delivery at the aortic valve tissues of healthy pigs with a paclitaxel-eluting balloon. METHODS: Aortic valvuloplasty was performed in eight anesthetized domestic pigs using paclitaxel-eluting balloons (3 micro2) balloon surface area). They were assigned to two or four times 15-second balloon inflations and were sacrificed 30 minutes after final balloon inflation. RESULTS: The aortic annulus to balloon diameter ratio was 1.15 +/- 0.07. The mean paclitaxel concentration in the aortic valve leaflets was 0.91 +/- 1.36 micro (0.34 +/- 0.05 micro in the two-inflation group, 1.48 +/- 1.86 micro in the four-inflation group, P = 0.23). The percentage of the total paclitaxel dose recovered in the aortic valve leaflets was 18 +/- 11(-6)% (13 +/- 6(-6)% and 25 +/- 14(-6)% in the two- and four-inflation group, P = 0.16). CONCLUSION: Local drug delivery at the aortic valve leaflets of healthy pigs with a paclitaxel-eluting balloon is feasible and concentrations within the therapeutic window are detected 30 minutes after the procedure. The antirestenotic potential of this treatment should be studied.
Authors:
Konstantinos Spargias; Krzystof Milewski; Marcin Debinski; Piotr P Buszman; Dennis V Cokkinos; Rembert Pogge; Pawel Buszman
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2009-05-13
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of interventional cardiology     Volume:  22     ISSN:  1540-8183     ISO Abbreviation:  J Interv Cardiol     Publication Date:  2009 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-07-29     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8907826     Medline TA:  J Interv Cardiol     Country:  United States    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  291-8     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Onassis Cardiac Surgery Centre, Athens, Greece. spargias@ocsc.gr
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