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One-Year Outcomes of Drug-Eluting Stent vs Drug-Coated Balloon for Femoropopliteal Artery Lesions: The BEASTARS Study Results

Tatsuya Nakama, MD
10/08/2025

 

In this video recorded at AMP 2025, interventional cardiologist Tatsuya Nakama, MD, from Tokyo Bay Medical Center in Urayasu, Japan, discusses his AMP presentation on 1-year results from the BEASTARS study. The BEASTARS study aims to compare the clinical outcomes of drug-eluting stents and drug-coated balloons in patients with symptomatic femoropopliteal artery disease.


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