Long-term outcomes of drug-coated balloons vs. drug-eluting stents in coronary chronic total occlusion angioplasty: the SPARTAN-CTO study
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Authors
- Johannes Reinhold (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2412-2574)
- Sreekumar Sulfi
- Paul Richardson
- Ioannis Merinopoulos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2059-0357)
- Clint Maart (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7508-4785)
- Natasha Corballis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6837-5787)
- Upul Wickramarachchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8401-5768)
- Rajkumar Natarajan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8636-8452)
- Allan Clark (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2965-8941)
- Alisdair Ryding (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3549-8761)
- Chris Sawh
- Tharusha Gunawardena (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4456-2649)
- Timothy Gilbert
- Trevor Wistow
- Vassilios S. Vassiliou
- Simon C. Eccleshall
Institutions
- University of East Anglia (GB)
- Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Research in Cardiology
- Published
- 2026-02-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-026-02852-3
- Primary Topic
- Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- University of East Anglia