The coronary stent markets in the United States will surpass $1.8 billion in revenues by 2006.

According to market analysis by Frost & Sullivan (San Jose, CA), the coronary stent markets in the United States will surpass $1.8 billion in revenues by 2006, and rapid-exchange coronary stents will capture an 80% market share by 2003. Market growth for coronary stents is viewed as being related to an increasing number of procedures requiring stent use, such as angioplasty.

(Source: Medical Device & Diagnostic Industry Magazine, News & Analysis, April 2001)