European Markets for Peripheral Vascular Devices

Abstract

In 2008, the European market for peripheral vascular devices was valued at € 623 million, an increase of 3.4% over 2007. This value represents the market for stents, PTA balloons, embolic protection devices, vena cava filters, stent-grafts, surgical grafts, interventional catheters and guidewires, introducer sheaths, diagnostic catheters and guidewires, and vascular closure devices. The European market encompasses Germany, France, Italy, United Kingdom (U.K.), Spain, Benelux (Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxemburg), Scandinavia (Finland, Denmark, Sweden and Norway), Switzerland, Austria, and Portugal. The European market for peripheral vascular devices is expected to be driven by increasing stent procedures, especially for femoral-popliteal indications.