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"Clinical trial results show the MINI to be associated with a high rate of successful deployment, outstanding angiographic outcomes, and a very low rate of post-stenting major adverse cardiac events," said Dr. Williams. "While the MINI is an excellent stent for treating smaller vessels, I was also extremely impressed with its performance in vessels with lumen diameters of 3.0 mm to 3.25 mm."

Historically, most smaller vessel lesions have been treated with balloon angioplasty alone due to the small lumen size of these vessels and the increased risk of dissection. Dr. Williams noted that the use of large-vessel stent systems in small-diameter vessels generally doesn't allow for a proper stent-to-artery ratio when deployed.

The MINI is indicated for treatment of abrupt or threatened closure in patients with failed interventional therapy in native coronary lesions (less than or equal to 25 mm) with reference diameters in the range of 3.25 mm to 2.25 mm. *Non-compliant: Term used to describe balloon material that provides predictable and controllable expansion to minimize the risk of edge dissection. +Dog boning: Term used to describe the appearance of excessive expansion of the balloon on either end of the stent.

Cordis Cardiology is a subsidiary of Cordis Corporation, a broad-based supplier of products for circulatory disease management. Established in 1959, Cordis Corporation is the world's largest, most comprehensive developer and manufacturer of innovative products for interventional medicine, minimally invasive computer-based imaging, and electrophysiology. In 1996, Cordis Corporation merged with Johnson & Johnson to form Cord
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Contact: Robert Murphy
rmurphy@intac.com
908-273-1400
D. J. Storch & Associates Inc.
18-Apr-1999