Crystalline sirolimus-coated balloon (cSCB) angioplasty in an all-comers, patient population with stable and unstable coronary artery disease including chronic total occlusions: Rationale, methodology and design of the SCORE trial

• Main Authors: Otto, Sylvia, Diaz, Victor Alfonso Jimenez, Weilenmann, Daniel, Cuculi, Florim, Nuruddin, Amin Ariff, Leibundgut, Gregor, Alfonso, Fernando, Wan Ahmad, Wan Azman, Pyxaras, Stylianos, Rittger, Harald, Steen, Philip, Gaede, Luise, Schulze, Christian, Woehrle, Jochen, Rosenberg, Mark, Waliszewski, Matthias W. W.
• Format: Article
• Published: BMC 2023
• Subjects: R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/38395/

BackgroundA decade ago, the iopromide-paclitaxel coated balloon (iPCB) was added to the cardiologist's toolbox to initially treat in-stent restenosis followed by the treatment of de novo coronary lesions. In the meantime, DES technologies have been substantially improved to address in-stent res...