Abbott Receives CE Mark for Smaller-Size XIENCE(TM) V Drug Elu...( New 2.25 mm Diameter Stent Now Avail...),Health

New 2.25 mm Diameter Stent Now Available in Europe, Asia and Latin America

ABBOTT PARK, Ill., March 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Abbott (NYSE: ABT) announced today that it has received CE Mark (Conformite Europeene) approval for a 2.25 mm version of its XIENCE(TM) V Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System, offering physicians a smaller stent based upon the proven efficacy, positive safety results and excellent deliverability of XIENCE V. The addition of the 2.25 mm stent to the XIENCE V portfolio gives physicians access to a wider range of stent sizes for treating a variety of patient types.

"Lesions in small vessels tend to be more complex and challenging to treat, so it's important to have a drug eluting stent with proven clinical benefits that can be easily delivered to the diseased area of the vessel," said Charles Simonton, M.D., FACC, FSCAI, divisional vice president, Medical Affairs and chief medical officer, Abbott Vascular. "With XIENCE V 2.25 mm, physicians now have access to a smaller stent that combines these critical attributes with the positive safety outcomes we have seen with XIENCE V. These outcomes include low rates of reintervention in the diseased vessel, low rates of heart attack and death, and low rates of vessel renarrowing following treatment."

The 2.25 mm version of the XIENCE V stent will be launched immediately in the majority of European markets and select countries in Asia and Latin America. In addition to the 2.25 mm stent, XIENCE V is available in stent diameters of 2.5 mm, 2.75 mm, 3.0 mm, 3.5 mm and 4.0 mm for lesions 28 mm or shorter.

Coronary artery disease (CAD) occurs when arteries become narrow due to plaque buildup, restricting blood flow to the heart. Approximately 30 to 40 percent of CAD lesions occur in vessels equal to or less than 2.5 mm in diameter.

XIENCE V is the only drug eluting stent to demonstrate superiority over another drug eluting stent in a randomized clinical trial. In t
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