SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The registry arm of a clinical study measuring the effectiveness of Cook Medical’s Zilver® PTX™ Drug-Eluting Peripheral Stent (DES) in treating peripheral arterial disease (PAD) has yielded positive interim results, trial investigators reported at the 2008 SVS Vascular Annual Meeting last week. The findings, presented by Dr. Michael Dake, Professor of Radiology, Internal Medicine and Surgery and Chairman of the Department of Radiology at the University of Virginia Health System, reveal clinical improvement, excellent durability and fracture resistance, and high rates of event-free survival (EFS) and freedom from target lesion revascularization (TLR). The Zilver stent exhibits no safety concerns, and results are better than expected for TASC class C and D lesions, occlusions, in-stent restenosis and lesions greater than seven centimeters (2.75 inches).
