Drug-coated balloons vs. drug-eluting stents for coronary artery disease: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials with lesion-specific insights.

Front Cardiovasc Med · 2026 · PMC13223156 · PMID 42232313

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The risk was numerically lower with DCB, but the difference did not reach statistical significance (OR = 0.55, 95% CI: 0.25 to 1.19, p = 0.13) ( Figure 9A ).

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