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ReviewJournal of personalized medicine2026

Drug-Coated Balloons in Coronary Bifurcation Disease: A State-of-the-Art Review.

Saad M Ezad, Natasha Khullar, Peter O'Kane, Jonathan Hinton

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Review in Journal of personalized medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Saad M EzadDorset Heart Centre, Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Castle Lane East, Bournemouth BH7 7DW, UK.
Natasha KhullarDorset Heart Centre, Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Castle Lane East, Bournemouth BH7 7DW, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-0949-7095
Peter O'KaneDorset Heart Centre, Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Castle Lane East, Bournemouth BH7 7DW, UK.
Jonathan HintonDorset Heart Centre, Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Castle Lane East, Bournemouth BH7 7DW, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coronary bifurcation disease remains one of the more challenging lesion subsets to treat with percutaneous coronary intervention due to bifurcation geometry and increased risk of target lesion failure. Whilst a provisional approach is preferred in most bifurcations, two-stent techniques may be required where there is a high risk of side branch compromise or a bailout; however, this further increases procedure complexity. Drug-coated balloons (DCBs) are emerging as a promising alternative that allow vessel healing without leaving behind a permanent metallic implant by delivering antiproliferative medication directly to the vessel wall and simplifying procedures. This state-of-the-art review summarises the current evidence and the evolving role of DCBs in the management of coronary bifurcation lesions with a focus on patient- and lesion-specific factors that might influence the treatment strategy choice.

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coronary artery diseasecoronary bifurcationDCBdrug-coated balloonsPCI

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PMID41745368
PMCPMC12941830

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