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Sirolimus-eluting balloon strategy matches drug-eluting stents in large international PCI trial

New study results from a large international all-comer population of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) candidates found that utilizing a strategy of sirolimus-eluting balloons with bailout ...
Medscape

DES minus the stent: Paclitaxel-coated balloon suppresses in-stent restenosis in small pilot study

Compared with standard balloon angioplasty, the drug-coated balloon strategy appeared to suppress recurrent ISR over six months in a 52-patient study, published online November 13, 2006 in the New ...
Medscape

In Separate Trials, Sirolimus-Eluting Balloons Challenge Stents for Common PCI Indications

SAN FRANCISCO — A sirolimus-eluting balloon was found to be noninferior to conventional stenting in separate trials of patients undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs), suggesting these ...
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TCT 527: AngiogRaphic pattErns and management straTegies for coRonary restEnosis following drug-coATed balloon angioplasty in de novo lesions: The RETREAT Registry

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