Drug-Coated balloons vs drug-eluting stents for the treatment of small coronary artery disease: A meta-analysis of randomized trials.
Jorge Sanz SanchezMauro ChiaritoBernardo CorteseAndrea MorettiPaolo PagnottaBernhard ReimersGiulio G StefaniniGiuseppe FerrantePublished in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2020)
Compared with DES, the use of DCB for the treatment of native small vessel CAD is associated with similar TVR and restenosis and reduces the risk of vessel thrombosis, although DES implantation yields slightly better angiographic surrogate endpoints.