Abstract
The quick uptake of premium-priced DES and incremental unit growth in the
other segments of the European IC device market will substantially drive
revenues year over year, eventually generating almost $1.4 billion by 2011.
The European market (France, Germany, Italy, and the UK)for interventional
cardiology devices, comprises coronary stents, percutaneous transluminal
coronary angioplasty (PTCA) balloon catheters, PTCA guide wires, PTCA guiding
catheters, diagnostic catheters, introducer sheaths, intravascular ultrasound
(IVUS) catheters, and embolic protection devices (EPDs).