Abbott Laboratories (ABT: Quote) announced positive long-term results for the company’s Absorb Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold or BVS. The company said that Absorb is an investigational device, limited by United States law to investigational use and is not approved or available for sale in the United States. Absorb is authorized for sale in CE Mark countries. Absorb is available in Europe, the Middle East, parts of Latin America, and parts of Asia Pacific, including India, Hong Kong, Malaysia and New Zealand.
According to the company, Absorb is a first-of-its kind device for the treatment of coronary artery disease (CAD), which is a narrowing of one or more blood vessels that supply blood to the heart. Similar to a metallic stent, Absorb works by opening a clogged vessel and restoring blood flow to the heart. Unlike a permanent metallic stent that cages the blood vessel, Absorb dissolves over time, potentially allowing natural vessel function to return.
Results from the ABSORB trial showed the rate of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) in 101 patients was 10 percent at three years, similar to a comparative set of data with a best-in-class drug eluting stent at the same follow-up period. MACE is a combined endpoint that includes heart attack, death due to heart-related causes, or re-blockage of the blood vessel resulting in symptoms requiring the need for additional procedures at the original site of scaffold implantation.
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