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Late-Breaking SWEDEPAD Trial Finds No Benefit of Drug-Coated Balloons and Stents, Raises Safety Concerns
Aug 31, 2025, 07:12

Late-Breaking SWEDEPAD Trial Finds No Benefit of Drug-Coated Balloons and Stents, Raises Safety Concerns

Vascular News shared an important post on LinkedIn:

“BREAKING NEWS: Drug-coated balloons and stents were not associated with reduced risk of amputation or improved quality of life compared with uncoated devices in the SWEDEPAD 1 and 2 trials. In addition, higher five-year mortality with drug-coated devices in patients with intermittent claudication was noted, leading researchers to stress that the safety of paclitaxel-coated devices is an “ongoing discussion”.

These late-breaking findings were presented today at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) 2025 congress (29 August–1 September, Madrid, Spain) and simultaneously published in The Lancet Group.”

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