FDA Approves Medtronic’s Resolute Onyx DES With Short-Term Dual-Antiplatelet Therapy

The agency approved Medtronic's zotarolimus-eluting coronary stent for patients with a high bleeding risk who are treated with one month of dual-antiplatelet therapy.

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Medtronic's Resolute Onyx zotarolimus-eluting coronary stent • Source: Medtronic PLC

The US Food and Drug Administration expanded the approved indication for Medtronic plc’s Resolute Onyx zotarolimus-eluting coronary stent to include patients at high risk for bleeding who will be on dual-antiplatelet therapy for just one month following the intervention.

Resolute Onyx is the only drug-eluting stent approved by the FDA for patients who can only tolerate a one-month regimen of aspirin and an anti-clotting medication following percutaneous coronary intervention,...

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