Drug-Coated Balloon Versus Standard Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty for the Treatment of Superficial Femoral and Popliteal Peripheral Artery Disease
Author(s) -
Gunnar Tepe,
John R. Laird,
Peter A. Schneider,
Marianne Brodmann,
Prakash Krishnan,
Antonio Micari,
Christopher Metzger,
Dierk Scheinert,
Thomas Zeller,
David J. Cohen,
David B. Snead,
Beaux Alexander,
Mario Landini,
Michael R. Jaff
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.114.011004
Subject(s) - medicine , popliteal artery , percutaneous , superficial femoral artery , angioplasty , femoral artery , peripheral , surgery , balloon , arterial disease , vascular disease , radiology
Drug-coated balloons (DCBs) have shown promise in improving the outcomes for patients with peripheral artery disease. We compared a paclitaxel-coated balloon with percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) for the treatment of symptomatic superficial femoral and popliteal artery disease.
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