Esprit BTK Shows Fewer Repeat Interventions Than Balloon Angioplasty

Patients treated with Abbott’s Esprit BTK system had better results and fewer repeat procedures after two years than a control group, the company announced this week. Abbott vascular leader Jennifer Jones-McMeans spoke with Medtech Insight about what the results could mean for patient care.

Abbott's Esprit™ BTK Everolimus Eluting Resorbable Scaffold System (Esprit™ BTK System)
• Source: Abbott

Patients with peripheral artery disease below the knee who were treated with Abbott’s Esprit BTK system need fewer repeat procedures after two years than a control group that received balloon angioplasty, the company announced Monday.

Esprit BTK became the first resorbable stent approved by the US Food and Drug Administration to...

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