Bioabsorbable Everolimus-Eluting Stent: 6-Month Angiographic and IVUS Results

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Bioabsorbable Everolimus-Eluting Stent: 6-Month Angiographic and IVUS Results
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Patrick Serruys
Patrick Serruys

Spencer King
Spencer King

PATRICK SERRUYS, Erasmus University, Rotterdam
COMMENT: SPENCER KING, Piedmont Hospital, Atlanta

REFERENCE: Abstract 2402-3, American College of Cardiology New Orleans
Six-months follow-up of patients receiving a new bioabsorbable drug-eluting stent are favourable, according to Patrick Serruys whose group has been investigating the stent which elutes everolimus in a group of 30 patients. During the ACC Annual Meeting in New Orleans he discussed with Peter Goodwin the potential benefits the new device can bring to coronary patients.

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