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

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

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26 March 2007

Patrick Serruys Spencer King PATRICK SERRUYS, Erasmus University, Rotterdam COMMENT: SPENCER KING, Piedmont Hospital, Atlanta REFERENCE: Abstract 2402-3, American College of Cardiology New Orleans Six

Patrick Serruys

Patrick Serruys

Spencer King

Spencer King

PATRICK SERRUYS, Erasmus University, RotterdamCOMMENT: SPENCER KING, Piedmont Hospital, Atlanta

REFERENCE: Abstract 2402-3, American College of Cardiology New OrleansSix-months follow-up of patients receiving a new bioabsorbable drug-eluting stent are favourable, according toPatrick Serruyswhose 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.