Clinical Outcomes of Atherectomy Plus Drug-coated Balloon Versus Drug-coated Balloon Alone in the Treatment of Femoropopliteal Artery Disease.

The pretreatment with atherectomy improved technical success of DCB treatment; however, it was associated with increased minor complications. In this study, A+DCB showed no clinical benefit in terms of TLR-free survival or clinical patency compared with DCB treatment alone.