Cooper Surgeon Performs NJ’s First FDA-Approved Drug-Coated Balloon Procedure for PAD
On October 15, 2014, Joseph V. Lombardi, MD, FACS, Head of the Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery and Director of the Cooper Aortic Center at Cooper University Health Care, was the first surgeon in New Jersey to treat advanced peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in a patient using the innovative Lutonix® 035 Drug-Coated Balloon (DCB) percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) Catheter