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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