The meta-analysis that suggested there was a link between paclitaxel-coated devices and heightened mortality compared to bare devices was described as a “typhoon in a teapot” at this year’s EuroPCR meeting, according to a report from MedScape.
Dr. Alexandra Lansky of Yale University School of Medicine, who authored the organization’s formal statement on the matter, reportedly questioned the findings of the meta-analysis at the EuroPCR meeting, pointing out that multiple analyses have since failed to replicate the results of the meta-analysis with drug-coated balloons.
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