Low-dose versus high-dose drug-coated balloons for femoropopliteal lesions: 5-year results from the prospective, randomised COMPARE trial.

Wittig T, Schmidt A, Zeller T, Tepe G, Thieme M, Maiwald L, Schröder H, Euringer W, Popescu C, Brechtel K, Brucks S, Blessing E, Schuster J, Langhoff R, Schellong S, Weiss N, Beschorner U, Winther B, Scheinert D, Steiner S

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DOI: 10.4244/eij-d-25-00904
Published: 2026 Feb 2
Container: EuroIntervention : journal of EuroPCR in collaboration with the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology
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@article{allodium:10.4244/eij-d-25-00904,
  title = {Low-dose versus high-dose drug-coated balloons for femoropopliteal lesions: 5-year results from the prospective, randomised COMPARE trial.},
  author = {Wittig T and Schmidt A and Zeller T and Tepe G and Thieme M and Maiwald L and Schröder H and Euringer W and Popescu C and Brechtel K and Brucks S and Blessing E and Schuster J and Langhoff R and Schellong S and Weiss N and Beschorner U and Winther B and Scheinert D and Steiner S},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {EuroIntervention : journal of EuroPCR in collaboration with the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology},
  doi = {10.4244/eij-d-25-00904},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.4244/eij-d-25-00904}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Low-dose versus high-dose drug-coated balloons for femoropopliteal lesions: 5-year results from the prospective, randomised COMPARE trial.
AU  - Wittig T
AU  - Schmidt A
AU  - Zeller T
AU  - Tepe G
AU  - Thieme M
AU  - Maiwald L
AU  - Schröder H
AU  - Euringer W
AU  - Popescu C
AU  - Brechtel K
AU  - Brucks S
AU  - Blessing E
AU  - Schuster J
AU  - Langhoff R
AU  - Schellong S
AU  - Weiss N
AU  - Beschorner U
AU  - Winther B
AU  - Scheinert D
AU  - Steiner S
PY  - 2026
JO  - EuroIntervention : journal of EuroPCR in collaboration with the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology
DO  - 10.4244/eij-d-25-00904
UR  - https://doi.org/10.4244/eij-d-25-00904
ER  -

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T, W., A, S., T, Z., G, T., M, T., L, M., H, S., W, E., C, P., K, B., S, B., E, B., J, S., R, L., S, S., N, W., U, B., B, W., D, S., & S, S. (2026). Low-dose versus high-dose drug-coated balloons for femoropopliteal lesions: 5-year results from the prospective, randomised COMPARE trial.. EuroIntervention : journal of EuroPCR in collaboration with the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology. https://doi.org/10.4244/eij-d-25-00904

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