Cook Medical Release: New Zilver® PTX® Drug-Eluting Stent Study Data Shows Excellent SFA Patency Results at Four Years

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LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Four-year data from the Zilver® PTX® Randomized Controlled Trial of Paclitaxel-Eluting Stents for Femoropopliteal Disease from Cook Medical presented today at the 2013 Vascular Interventional Advances (VIVA) meeting demonstrates 75 percent primary patency in the superficial femoral artery (SFA) at four years for patients treated with Cook Medical’s paclitaxel-eluting stent. This compares to 57.9 percent patency for patients with provisional bare metal stent placement in the study.

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