BRIDGEWATER, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Investigators reported the long-term follow-up of the largest randomized comparison between the CYPHER® Sirolimus-eluting Coronary Stent and Medtronic’s Endeavor® Stent highlighting significant and sustained clinical differences. These important findings were presented at the American College of Cardiology annual meeting, (ACC 2010) in Atlanta and published on-line in the prestigious journal The Lancet. The CYPHER® Stent was associated with significantly lower rates of death, myocardial infarction (heart attack), and repeat revascularization (the need for another procedure) than the Endeavor® Stent out to 18 months. This study adds to the unmatched body of safety and efficacy data on the CYPHER® Stent with this comparison to the more recently approved Endeavor® Stent in a contemporary setting.
