September 27th, 2010
Xience V Holds Its Own With Sirolimus-Eluting Stents
Larry Husten, PHD
In the trials presented on Thursday at TCT, the everolimus-eluting Xience V stent (EES) proved superior to the paclitaxel-eluting Taxus stent at 2 years. But, as Gregg Stone discussed here recently, a more formidable comparator for EES are the sirolimus-eluting stents (SES). Two trials presented on Friday demonstrated that EES are comparable in efficacy to SES. […]
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