FDA Approves New Absorbable Heart Stent Tested at Scripps
Scripps cardiologist Paul Teirstein, MD, weighs in on the promise of the new technology
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Scripps cardiologist Paul Teirstein, MD, weighs in on the promise of the new technology
Scripps Clinic cardiologist Paul Teirstein, MD, weighed in on a new absorbable stent recently cleared for commercial use by the Food and Drug Administration in an article published by the San Diego Union-Tribune.
Dr. Teirstein, who is medical director of the Prebys Cardiovascular Institute, oversaw the testing of the Absorb bioresorbable vascular scaffold system among Scripps cardiology patients.
Read the Union-Tribune article: FDA Approves Potentially ‘Revolutionary’ Heart Stent.
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