Drug-coated balloons versus drug-eluting stents in patients with small coronary artery disease: an updated meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Drug-coated balloons (DCB) have promising results in the management of large coronary artery lesions (CAD), still their role in treating small CAD is not well established. We aimed to provide a comprehensive appraisal of the efficacy and safety of DCBs in patients with small CAD.

Methods

We searched PubMed, Scopus, web of science, Ovid, and Cochrane Central from inception until 30 March, 2023. We included all relevant studies that compared DCB versus drug-eluting stents (DES) in small CAD patients undergoing PCI. We reported clinical outcomes as MACE, all-cause death, cardiac death, MI, TLR, TVR, and stent thrombosis, while angiographic outcomes were late lumen loss (LLL), mean lumen diameter (MLD), net luminal gain (NLG), and in-segment binary restenosis.

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SUBMITTER: Abdelaziz A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12042378 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature