Stentys expands Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) on heels of reporting successful clinical trial results for world's first self-expanding stent to treat AMI.Results of clinical study to treat acute myocardial infarction acute myocardial infarction (  ·kyōōtˑ mī·ō·karˑ·dē· with
the Stentys self-expanding stent showed adaptation to vessel growth with
perfect apposition apposition /ap·po·si·tion/ (ap?o-zish´un) juxtaposition; the placing of things in proximity; specifically, the deposition of successive layers upon those already present, as in cell walls.
PRINCETON, N.J. & PARIS Paris, in Greek mythology Paris or Alexander, in Greek mythology, son of Priam and Hecuba and brother of Hector. Because it was prophesied that he would cause the destruction of Troy, Paris was abandoned on Mt. -- Medical device pioneer Stentys announced today that it has expanded its Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) by adding five distinguished interventional cardiologists. The expansion of the Stentys SAB follows closely the disclosure of results on 20 patients participating in the Company's 'APPOSITION I' clinical study--the world's first to treat patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) via a self-expanding stent. The study demonstrated that the coronary vessel expands a few days after treatment as vasospasm vasospasm /vaso·spasm/ (va´zo-) (vas´o-spazm) angiospasm; spasm of blood vessels, causing vasoconstriction.vasospas´tic va·so·spasm n. is relieved, and that the Stentys stent follows this expansion with perfect apposition. The additions to the Stentys SAB include: Raoul Bonan, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine, Montreal University, Quebec, Canada; Roxana Mehran, M.D., New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, New York; Martin T. Rothman, M.D., The London Chest Hospital, London, U.K.; Christian Spaulding, M.D., Ph.D., Cochin Hospital, Paris; and Stefan Verheye, M.D., Ph.D., Antwerp Cardiovascular Institute, Middelheim Hospital, Belgium. In addition to the five new members, the Stentys SAB includes: Maurice Buchbinder, M.D., The Foundation for Cardiovascular Medicine, La Jolla, Calif.; Eberhard Grube, M.D., Helios Heart Center, Siegburg, Germany; Jean-Claude Laborde, M.D., Glenfield General Hospital, Leicester, UK; Thierry Lefevre, M.D., Institut Hospitalier Jacques Cartier, Massy mass·y adj. mass·i·er, mass·i·est Having great mass or bulk; massive. , France; and Patrick W. Serruys, M.D., Thoraxcenter-Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. "We are very honored to be advised by some of the most experienced and distinguished interventional cardiologists in the world," said Gonzague Issenmann, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and co-founder of Stentys. "Expansion of our SAB parallels the advancement of our APPOSITION program, which will show the superiority of the Stentys self-expanding stent over a conventional stent to treat AMI." About Stentys Based in Princeton, N.J., and Paris, Stentys intends to make treatment of complex blocked coronary arteries Coronary arteries The two main arteries that provide blood to the heart. The coronary arteries surround the heart like a crown, coming out of the aorta, arching down over the top of the heart, and dividing into two branches. as simple and effective as a conventional stenting procedure. Stentys was co-founded by Gonzague Issenmann and Jacques Seguin, M.D., Ph.D., founder of CoreValve, which was acquired this year by Medtronic for $700 million plus earn-outs. |
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