The delivery of coronary artery stents is a procedure that affects over 1 million patients each year in the United States. With an aging population, the declining cost of stents and reimbursement tracking with the consumer price index (2-4 percent margins), the market for stenting continues to grow.
The incidence for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA), a bulging, weakened area of the aorta, has led the U.S. market for AAA repair to increase rapidly. It is currently valued at $600 million annually and is forecasted to grow to $1.6 billion worldwide by 2015.
The delivery of coronary artery stents is a procedure that affects over 1 million patients each year in the United States. With an aging population, the declining cost of stents and reimbursement tracking with the consumer price index, the market for stenting continues to grow.
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