Cordis Corporation Release: Long Term Data Presented at European Society of Cardiology 2010 Shed Further Light on the Benefit of the CYPHER(R) Sirolimus Drug-Eluting Stent Compared to the ENDEAVOR(R) Zotarolimus-Eluting Stent in Important High-Risk Subgro

BRIDGEWATER, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Three new analyses of subgroups from the SORT OUT III study presented at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, provide additional detail on longer-term follow-up subgroup safety and efficacy outcomes in the SORT OUT III trial in three high-risk subgroups. These important data add detail to those already published in the March, 2010 issue of the Lancet on the clinical outcomes for the primary endpoint in the total population and in multiple subgroups at 9 months follow-up and on clinical outcomes at 18 month follow up of the randomized comparison of the CYPHER® Stent and the Endeavor® Stent.