by Mary Thompson
"Where do we go from here" is a question that physicians and manufacturers active in the interventional cardiology space have...
The Future of Drug-Eluting Stents Part I: Novel Next-Generation Designs
Growth by innovation is almost considered a birthright in interventional cardiology, and based on presentations at this year's Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics meeting, held this September in San Francisco, it seems clear that innovation still reigns supreme in this specialty. However, as in other medical device markets, ongoing economic and regulatory pressures are taking their toll, particularly in the drug-eluting stent market, as the field adjusts to a new era of cost control and economic uncertainty.
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