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What are the newest stents?
The smallest drug-eluting stent (DES) available in the United States has received FDA approval. At 2.0 mm, the new stent is intended to help interventional cardiologists treat patients with coronary artery disease whose small vessels often can’t be treated with larger stents during percutaneous coronary intervention.
Which is best coronary stent?
Multi-Link Vision™ has been the leading BMS in the U.S. since its introduction. It is constructed of a cobalt-chromium alloy that is more radiopaque than stainless steel stents. This alloy is also stronger than stainless steel, which allows stent construction to be much thinner while still retaining its strength.
What are the best heart stents?
How long can a person live with a stent?
When you have a stent placed, it’s meant to be permanent. Stents can stay in your body without breaking down over time. However, stents only treat one area where your artery has narrowed or closed. They don’t treat the underlying condition of vascular disease.
What is Xience Prime stent?
The US FDA has approved Xience Prime, a next generation everolimus eluting coronary stent system for patients with coronary artery disease. According to Abbot Laboratories, this new stent offers doctors a wider range of drug eluting stents which have emanated from the SPIRIT family of trials.
What is the BTK efficacy of the Xience Prime™ peripheral stent?
The Next Step in BTK Efficacy. XIENCE Prime ™ BTK Everolimus Eluting Peripheral Stent System is clinically proven for primary stenting of focal and long lesions and is engineered for outstanding performance. 1,2 Excellent long-term patency (angiographic binary in-stent restenosis (>50% stenosis)) of 85.2% and 98.7% limb salvage at 1 year. 3,4
What type of coating is used on the Xience® stent systems?
The XIENCE Skypoint™, XIENCE Sierra™ and XIENCE Alpine™ Stent Systems are coated with an everolimus and polymer coating at the full implant stent length. The distal and intermediate portions of the device, the tip, and tapers of the balloon are coated with HYDROCOAT™ Hydrophilic Coating.
Do the Xience SkyPoint™ or Xience Sierra™ and Xience Alpine™ stents interact with other drugs?
Formal drug interaction studies have not been performed with the XIENCE Skypoint™, XIENCE Sierra™ or XIENCE Alpine™ Stent Systems because of limited exposure to everolimus eluted from XIENCE Skypoint™, XIENCE Sierra™ and XIENCE Alpine™ Stent Systems. Everolimus, the active ingredient in the stents, is an immunosuppressive agent.
Is the Xience SkyPoint™ stent MR conditional?
Nonclinical testing has demonstrated that the XIENCE Skypoint™, XIENCE Sierra™ and XIENCE Alpine™ Stent Systems in single and in overlapped configurations up to 71 mm in length, are MR Conditional. See Instructions for Use for detailed scanning conditions