Biotronik’s Orsiro Stent Beats Abbott’s Xience In BIOSTEMI Trial
Executive Summary
Acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction patients treated with Biotronik’s Orsiro biodegradable polymer sirolimus-eluting stent had a significantly lower rate of target vessel failure than patients treated with Abbott’s Xience durable polymer everolimus-eluting stent at the one-year follow-up in the BIOSTEMI trial.
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