This report details the responses of a comprehensive survey conducted of
interventional cardiologists, interventional radiologists and cardiac surgeons
on product preferences, placement techniques and trends in the use of drug
eluting and bare metal stents, bifurcated stents, bioabsorbable stents, stent
grafts, vulnerable plaque diagnosis and treatment and endovascular imaging
technologies.
The Global Physician Survey on Stents, Stent-Grafts and Endovascular Imaging
includes:
The United States
This report covers:
Number and Type of Stents Placed
Type of Endovascular Imaging Used
Bifurcated Stents and Their Use
Most Important Benefit When Using Bifurcated Stents
Preferred Bifurcated Stent Alternative
Bioabsorbable Stents and Their Use
Most Important Benefit When Using Bioabsorbable Stents
Most Important Bioabsorable Stent Drawback
Most Important Drug-Eluting Stent Concern
Most Effective Drug-Eluting Stent Drug for Combating Restenosis
Stent-Graft Brand Preference
Most Important Construction Feature for Stent-Grafts
Most Important Design Feature for Next Generation Stent-Grafts
The Use of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm (TAA) Stent-Grafts