Cochrane · systematic review · CD011319
Drug‐eluting balloon angioplasty versus uncoated balloon angioplasty for peripheral arterial disease of the lower limbs
Kayssi, A, Al‐Atassi, T, Oreopoulos, G, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2016 · Cochrane Library
VascularAMSTAR 2: not assessed
SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
7
current version
GRADE rated
7
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 1 · 14.3%Moderate 2 · 28.6%High 4 · 57.1%
Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.
Questions and results
Drug‐eluting balloon versus uncoated balloon angioplasty at 12 months
Population: people with peripheral arterial disease of the lower limbs
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Amputation Drug‐eluting balloon vs uncoated balloon angioplasty at 12 months | OR 1.56 [0.73, 3.33] | 9 studies · 1649 participants | High |
Primary vessel patency Drug‐eluting balloon vs uncoated balloon angioplasty at 12 months | OR 1.92 [1.45, 2.56] | 3 studies · 882 participants | High |
Target lesion revascularization Drug‐eluting balloon vs uncoated balloon angioplasty at 12 months | OR 0.4 [0.31, 0.51] | 11 studies · 1900 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency, publication bias |
Binary restenosis Drug‐eluting balloon vs uncoated balloon angioplasty at 12 months | OR 0.38 [0.15, 0.98] | 4 studies · 1094 participants | Moderate Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency |
Death Drug‐eluting balloon vs uncoated balloon angioplasty at 12 months | OR 1.09 [0.64, 1.85] | 9 studies · 1649 participants | High |
Change in Rutherford category Drug‐eluting balloon vs uncoated balloon angioplasty at 12 months | no estimate extracted | 3 studies · 623 participants | Moderate Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency |
Change in ankle‐brachial index Drug‐eluting balloon vs uncoated balloon angioplasty at 12 months | no estimate extracted | 3 studies · 656 participants | High |