UPPSALA, Sweden, & ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ) today announced the publication of results from the landmark FAME (Fractional flow reserve (FFR) vs. Angiography in Multivessel Evaluation) study that demonstrate a statistically significant 30 percent difference in Major Adverse Cardiac Events (MACE) such as death, myocardial infarction and repeat revascularization. The randomized, prospective, multi-center trial looked at 1,005 patients with multivessel coronary artery disease 12 months after receiving a stent and compared outcomes for patients whose treatment was guided by FFR to those whose treatment was guided only by angiography.
