Drug eluting technology: is it dangerous and does it even work? A look at the timeline of evidence with Professors Behrendt and Roy

European Society for Vascular Surgery · Oct 22, 2026 · 37m · transcript

Prof. Christian Behrendt (head of the German research association) and Prof. Joy Roy

(Karolinska Institute) take us on a look back chronologically at the journey

Paclitaxel has taken us on, from the original mortality scare to landmark trials, we follow

the twists and turns of the evidence.

We ask if safety is only half the story and whether it makes sense to judge every

drug-coated balloon and stent as one big, paclitaxel-coated family, what the emerging

Limus technologies might bring to the table, and whether industry influence has helped

shape a debate in which the stakes are anything but…