Cardiovascular Therapeutics

Review Article

Drug-Coated Balloons versus Everolimus-Eluting Stents in Patients with In-Stent Restenosis: A Pair-Wise Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials

Table 3

Summary of the main results.
ItemsPopulation
DES-ISR: pooled effect size DCB:EES (95% CI)BMS-ISR: pooled effect size DCB:EES (95%CI)Overall: pooled effect size DCB:EES (95%CI)
MLD4813751134
LLL4813751134
Percent diameter stenosis4813751134
Binary restenosis4813751134
TLR481239720
TVR4813751134
Myocardial infarction4813751134
Death4813751134
DCB, drug-coated balloons; EES, everolimus-eluting stents; DES, drug-eluting stents; BMS, bare-mental stents; MLD, minimum lumen diameter; LLL, late lumen loss; TLR, target lesion revascularization; TVR, target vessel revascularization; MD, mean difference; RR, risk ratio; CI, confidence interval. .