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ArticleThe British journal of cardiology2025

Comparative efficacy of drug-coated balloons versus drug-eluting stents in treating

Sushant Saluja, Fahmida Mannan, Maaham Saleem, Magdi El-Omar, Amjad Khanfar, Anusha Singh, Freidoon Keshavarzi, Mohammed Alawami

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Article in The British journal of cardiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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8 authors.

Sushant SalujaCardiology Specialist Registrar and Wellcome Funded Clinical Research Training Fellow, Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester.
Fahmida MannanCardiology Registrar and Clinical Research Training Fellow, Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester.
Maaham SaleemFoundation Year 2 Trainee, Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester.
Magdi El-OmarCardiology Consultant, Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester.
Amjad KhanfarIMT2 Trainee, Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester.
Anusha SinghCardiology Clinical Fellow, Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester.
Freidoon KeshavarziCardiology Consultant, Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester.
Mohammed AlawamiCardiology Consultant, Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester.

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Drug-eluting stents (DES) are a common treatment for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) but pose risks like bleeding, re-stenosis, stent thrombosis, and neo-atherosclerosis. Drug-coated balloons (DCB) may mitigate these risks. This study compares DCB therapy's effectiveness with DES in ACS patients with

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acute coronary syndromedrug-coated balloonsdrug-eluting stentsmajor adverse cardiovascular events (MACE)percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)

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PMID42465125
PMCPMC13373836

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