Study Finds that Removing Large Thrombus Before Treatment with Drug-Eluting Stents Improves Outcomes in Heart Attack Patients
09 Août 2007 - 2:00PM
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Possis Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ:POSS), a developer, manufacturer and
marketer of pioneering medical devices used in endovascular
procedures, today announced the formal publication of an important
clinical study showing favorable results for AngioJet� thrombectomy
treatment of heart attack patients with large thrombus (blood
clot). The study shows that when AngioJet thrombectomy is used to
remove large thrombus before placement of a drug-eluting stent
(DES), it is associated with significantly lower rates of
subsequent death, repeat heart attack and stent thrombosis. The
work is authored by Dr. George Sianos and colleagues at the
ThoraxCenter in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and appears in the
Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC), volume 50,
number 7, dated August 14, 2007. The publication can be viewed
on-line at http://content.onlinejacc.org. Dr. Sianos analyzed 812
consecutive heart attack patients receiving a DES. Twenty-eight
percent of the patients had large thrombus that complicated their
treatment. These patients had a much higher incidence of serious
adverse events out to two years after treatment, compared to the
other patients who did not have large thrombus. The important
exceptions were patients whose initial large thrombus was removed
with AngioJet thrombectomy before stenting: these patients had a
low incidence of serious adverse outcomes, similar to those
patients with little or no thrombus to begin with. AngioJet
thrombectomy was the single most powerful statistical predictor of
a good clinical outcome in such patients. Said Robert G. Dutcher,
CEO of Possis Medical, Inc., �This important study demonstrates
that unresolved large thrombus is common in acute coronary cases,
and that placing a DES without first removing the thrombus
contributes significantly to later life-threatening complications,
including stent thrombosis. AngioJet thrombectomy lowers this risk
by safely converting a clotted vessel that is at high risk for
worse clinical outcomes into an un-clotted, low-risk vessel that
can be successfully stented. We believe these results offer an
important perspective that addresses some of the current
uncertainty regarding DES use in higher-risk settings.� According
to Dutcher, Dr. Sianos presented these key results at several
important medical meetings in the last year, including the October
2006 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics Conference in
Washington D.C., and the November 2006 annual meeting of the
American Heart Association in Chicago. �Publication in the JACC, a
very prestigious peer-reviewed journal, significantly increases the
visibility of Dr. Sianos� results to the entire cardiology
community. We believe this will have a favorable effect on the
treatment choices made by the interventionalists who treat these
seriously ill patients,� concluded Dutcher. Additional On-Line
Discussions of the Study to Highlight Implications and Benefits On
August 6, 2007, an article summarizing the study�s findings was
posted at www.theheart.org, a website addressed to cardiologists,
referring physicians, and allied healthcare professionals,
providing information on caring for patients with disorders of the
heart and circulation. The article notes that �one-third of the
patients classified as having large thrombus burden receive
thrombectomy,� and quotes Dr. Sianos as saying the patients �did
better clinically and experienced lower stent-thrombosis rates.
This was a completely unexpected finding and it�s encouraging.�
Also, www.cardiosource.com, an online cardiovascular information
and educational resource produced by the American College of
Cardiology Foundation, plans to soon post an audio interview with
Dr. Sianos, who will discuss his findings as published in the JACC
and their impact on heart attack patient treatment. Cardiosource
enables cardiovascular medical professionals to easily stay
up-to-date with the most relevant research findings and best
practices, with analysis and commentary by experts in the field to
help put new findings in perspective for immediate application to
clinical practice. About Possis Medical, Inc. Possis Medical, Inc.,
develops, manufactures and markets pioneering medical devices for
the large and growing cardiovascular and vascular treatment
markets. The company's AngioJet System is the world's leading
mechanical thrombectomy system with FDA approval to remove large
and small thrombus from coronary arteries, coronary bypass grafts,
peripheral arteries and veins, A-V grafts and native fistulas.
Certain statements in this press release constitute
"forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Federal
Securities Laws. These statements relate to the potential impact of
clinical science on usage of the Possis AngioJet System. These
statements are based on our current expectations and assumptions,
and entail various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual
results to differ materially from those expressed in such
forward-looking statements. A discussion of these and other factors
that could impact the Company's future results are set forth in the
cautionary statements included in the company's Form 10-K for the
year ended July 31, 2006, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
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