Reality Check On The ‘Noninferior’ Abbott Bioresorbable Stent

–The slippery slope of noninferiority. Last week the big news in interventional cardiology was the approval of Abbott’s bioresorbable stent, Absorb. There’s no doubt that this represents a remarkable technical achievement, propping open a clogged artery and then gradually disappearing. There are all sorts of theoretical reasons why this might represent an important advance over traditional stents that...Click here to continue reading...
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