PAD-Focused Medtechs Eye Golden Period In Growing Silver Market
Executive Summary
Improving the patient’s QoL and preventing disease progression, and with it the threat of critical limb ischemia and amputation, dominate peripheral artery disease management, but emerging technologies and the aging population are set to boost a percutaneous transluminal angioplasty market that is already worth $730 million in the US alone.
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