Background: In patients with high bleeding risk, percutaneous coronary intervention is still debated. This study compared 9-month angiographic and physiologic results in patients with high bleeding risk and de novo coronary lesions treated with either paclitaxel-coated balloon (PCB) or bare-metal stent (BMS).
Patients And Methods: A total of 40 patients (40 lesions) with high bleeding risk who underwent successful balloon angioplasty with fractional flow reserve (FFR) after balloon angioplasty more than 0.80 were randomized 1: 1 to treatment with PCB versus BMS. Dual antiplatelet therapy was limited to 1 month after the procedure.
Results: Baseline clinical and lesional characteristics were well balanced between the two groups. There was no significant difference in the postprocedural FFR (0.87 ± 0.06 in PCB vs. 0.89 ± 0.06 in BMS, P = 0.254). At 9 months, late luminal loss was significantly lower in the PCB group (0.2 ± 0.3 vs. 1.2 ± 0.8 mm, P < 0.001). Restenosis only occurred in the BMS group (0 vs. 25.0%, P = 0.049).
Conclusion: In patients with high bleeding risk, FFR-guided PCB treatment showed superior efficacy in terms of angiographic and physiologic patency compared with BMS at mid-term follow-up with only 1 month of dual antiplatelet therapy (Clinicaltrials.gov identifier, NCT02456402).
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