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- Title
Drug Delivery at the Aortic Valve Tissues of Healthy Domestic Pigs with a Paclitaxel-Eluting Valvuloplasty Balloon.
- Authors
SPARGIAS, KONSTANTINOS; MILEWSKI, KRZYSTOF; DEBINSKI, MARCIN; BUSZMAN, PIOTR P; COKKINOS, DENNIS V; POGGE, REMBERT; BUSZMAN, PAWEL
- Abstract
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 μg/mm2 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 μg/mL (0.34 ± 0.05 μg/mL in the two-inflation group, 1.48 ± 1.86 μg/mL 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.
- Subjects
PERCUTANEOUS balloon valvuloplasty; ANTINEOPLASTIC agents; DRUG delivery systems; AORTIC valve; CARDIAC catheterization
- Publication
Journal of Interventional Cardiology, 2009, Vol 22, Issue 3, p291
- ISSN
0896-4327
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1540-8183.2009.00447.x