Abstract
In 2006, the European market for interventional cardiology was valued at over
(E) 1.4 billion. This value represents the market for coronary stents, PTCA
balloons, interventional catheters, interventional guidewires, introducer
sheaths, IVUS catheters, brackytherapy catheters, embolic protection devices,
and diagnostic catheters and guidewires. The European market, as defined in
this report, encompasses germany, France, Italy, United Kingdom (U.K.), Spain,
Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxemburg), Scandanavia (Finland, Denmark,
Sweden, and Norway), Switzerland, Audtria, Portugal, and Poland.