Association of mortality with drug-coated devices in femoropopliteal artery based on the nationwide data.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Drug-coated devices have been widely accepted as one of the most promising therapies for femoropopliteal artery revascularization. A recent meta-analysis showed increased mortality in patients treated with drug-coated devices. We sought to examine the association between mortality and drug-coated devices after the treatment of the femoropopliteal artery based on the Korea national administrative claims data.

Methods

In the National Health Insurance Service database from August 2015 to December 2017, we identified patients with femoropopliteal artery revascularization using percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA), bare metal stents (BMS), drug-coated balloon (DCB), or drug-eluting stents (DES). Kaplan-Meier methods were used to estimate the survival among devices,

SUBMITTER: Choi H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8255583 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature