Drug Eluting Stents: Trends in Use

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Drug Eluting Stents: Trends in Use

A Survey of Sixty Interventional Cardiologists

Deliverable: Survey with key findings.

Study Description:

Topic	Drug Eluting Stent Usage
Respondent Type	Physicians
Specialties Covered	Interventional Cardiology
Region	United States and Europe
Methodology	Online survey, self-administered via a Panel Intelligence website Duration: 20 minutes Size: 60 respondents Fielding Dates: January 3, 2008 to January 8, 2008

Objectives:

To understand trends in the use of drug eluting stents. Specifically to:

§ Determine the current use of drug eluting stents (DESs) in various patient types and lesion types.

· Investigate anticipated impact of COURAGE trial results on DES usage.

· Identify drivers of potential increases or decreases in use over the next two years.

§ Rank the importance of safety concerns regarding DESs.

§ Rank various factors in terms of their influence on DES product selection.

§ Evaluate DES products on these factors.

§ Determine effect of published data on possible uptake of Custom NX product, XTENT.

§ Compare and contrast responses between physicians from the United States and Europe.

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Inclusion Criteria and Respondent Demographics:

Inclusion Criteria

§ Board-certified or eligible (US only) interventional cardiologists

§ 40 from the United States, 20 from Europe

§ In practice between 2 and 30 years

§ Place at least 10 stents per month

Reports become free one year after the publication date.

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