TCT Featured Clinical Trials to be presented on September 24 in San Francisco

WHAT: A series of Featured Clinical Trials will be presented at Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT), in addition to late-breaking clinical trials. These featured clinical trials represent groundbreaking research and will yield data and insight that will further the field of interventional cardiology.

WHEN: The TCT Featured Clinical Trials will be presented on September 24, 2009 from 2:00 - 6:00 pm.

• ZEST: Final Angiographic and IVUS Results From a Large-Scale Randomized Trial of Zotarolimus-Eluting, Sirolimus-Eluting and Paclitaxel-Eluting Stents
  Cheol Whan Lee, MD
• CEREA-DES: A Prospective Randomized Trial of Corticosteroids in Patients Undergoing Stent Implantation
  Flavio L Ribichini, MD
• STATINS PRE-PCI: A Prospective Randomized Trial of Statins Prior to Stent Implantation in Patients with Stable Angina
  Josef Veselka, MD, PhD
• NEVO RES-ELUTION I QOL: Formal Quality-of-Life Assessment from a Prospective Randomized Trial of a Novel Sirolimus-Eluting Stent and a Paclitaxel-Eluting Stent
  John A. Spertus, MD
• CILOTAX: A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Trial of a Stent Eluting Cilostazol and Paclitaxel
  Cheol Whan Lee, MD
• BIOFREEDOM: A Prospective Randomized Trial of a Polymer-Free Biolimus A9-Eluting Stent
  Eberhard Grube, MD

• MISTRAL: A Prospective Randomized Trial of Ambulance-Initiated vs. Cath Lab-Initiated Intravenous Abciximab in Patients with STEMI
  Patrick Ohlmann, MD, PhD
• COCKTAIL: A Prospective Randomized Trial of Intracoronary Abciximab Infusion in Patients with Thrombotic Lesions Assessed by OCT Francesco Prati, MD
• NO REFLOW: A Prospective Randomized Trial of Intracoronary vs. Guide Catheter Infusion of Nitrates vs. Calcium Channel Blockers in Patients with No Reflow After Primary PCI in STEMI
  Junbo Ge, MD
• OCTAMI: A Prospective Randomized Trial of Zotarolimus-Eluting and Bare-Metal Stents in STEMI Assessed by OCT
  Giulio Guagliumi, MD

• The Canadian Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Program: Acute and Late Follow-up from a Multicenter Consecutive Series of Patients with Inoperable or High-Surgical Risk Aortic Stenosis
  Josep Rodes-Cabau, MD
• CROSS-CLI: A Prospective Multicenter Registry of Ultrasound-Facilitated Recanalization of Peripheral Chronic Total Occlusions
  David E. Allie, MD
• ARMOUR: A Prospective, Nonrandomized Study of the Mo.Ma Proximal Cerebral Protection Device in High Surgical Risk Subjects Undergoing Carotid Artery Stenting
  Gary M. Ansel, MD
• PROVASA: A Prospective, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Intra-Arterial Progenitor Cell Transplantation of Bone Marrow Mononuclear Cells in Patients with Peripheral Arterial Occlusive Disease
  Dirk H. Walter, MD
• ACT34-CMI: One-Year Results from a Prospective, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Phase II Trial of CD34+ Cells in Patients with Refractory Angina
  Douglas W. Losordo, MD

WHERE: The Moscone Center San Francisco, CA

HOW TO REGISTER: Media may apply for registration by clicking on: http://www.tctconference.com/press/press-registration/press-pre-registration.html

Details on required press credentials can be found at: http://www.tctconference.com/press/press-policies.html

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