Drug-eluting Balloon Versus Drug-eluting Stent for High Bleeding Risk Angioplasty

Drug Eluting Stents (DES) are the devices of choice for coronary angioplasty, including in patients with high-bleeding risk. Different studies have been done to determine which strategy improves bleeding outcomes without risking the benefit of stenting. Different Double Anti-Platelet Therapy (DAPT) durations in different devices have shown that it is safe to reduce DAPT, with an increase in ischemic events but a better net clinical outcome. Safety and efficacy of Drug Eluting Balloons (DEB) were proved when it was compared with Bare Metal Stents (BMS) in de-novo coronary lesions by presenting no events of target vessel closure after treatment. Our hypothesis is that treating this group of high-bleeding risk patients with DEB will be no-inferior in terms of target vessel failure at 12 months when compared with DES for treatment of de-novo coronary lesions in high bleeding risk population, reducing incidence of significant bleeding events with DAPT reduction.