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STUDY FINDS PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC TOTAL OCCLUSIONS BENEFIT FROM THE CYPHER STENT

October 19, 2005

Results from a study on chronic total occlusions in the coronary arteries show positive clinical outcomes in patients treated with the Cypher Sirolimus-eluting Coronary Stent compared to those treated with conventional bare metal stents. The six-month clinical and angiographic findings of the Prison II trial (A Prospective Randomized Trial of Sirolimus-Eluting and Bare Metal Stents in Patients With Chronic Total Occlusions) were presented at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics Conference.
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