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Article: Study says Cypher stent superior to bare-metal stents.
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- Medical Device Daily
- Article date:
- September 18, 2006
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Study says Cypher stent superior to bare-metal stents
A Medical Device Daily Staff Report
Cordis (Miami Lakes, Florida) reported that the Cypher sirolimus-eluting coronary stent reduced the risk of target-vessel failure (TVF) by almost half in patients who suffered acute myocardial infarction (AMI), compared to those treated with balloon angioplasty and a bare-metal stent (BMS), according to data appearing recently in the New England Journal of Medicine.
At one year post-implantation, the study found that patients given the Cypher stent were 49% less likely to experience TVF than those given a BMS. Patients in the Cypher stent arm had a TVF rate ...