CardioExchange Archive

CardioExchange, an NEJM practice community for medical professionals dedicated to improving cardiac patient care, was active from 2009 to 2015. CardioExchange fostered discussion between clinicians from across the globe.

October 14th, 2011

FDA Advisory Panel Recommends First DES For PAD

The FDA Circulatory System Devices Panel voted 11-0 on Thursday to support the premarket approval application for the Zilver PTX drug-eluting stent, manufactured by Cook Medical. The self-expanding, paclitaxel-coated stent would be the first DES approved for use in peripheral arterial disease of the above-the-knee femoropopliteal arteries.

Cook Medical press release

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