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In 2008, the European market for interventional cardiology was valued at over ¢æ1.5 billion. The interventional cardiology market includes drug-eluting stents, bare-metal stents, PTCA balloons, interventional catheters and guidewires, diagnostic catheters and guidewires, coronary introducer sheaths, embolic protection, atherectomy devices, and IVUS catheters. In addition, this report covers the emerging markets for optical coherence tomography (OCT), vulnerable plaque screening, PFO (patent foreman ovale), ASD (atrial septal defect), VSD (ventricular septal defect), PMVR (percutaneous mitral valve repair), and PAVR (aortic heart valve repair) devices. The European market, as defined in this report, encompasses Germany, France, the United Kingdom (U.K.), Italy, Spain, Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxemburg), Scandinavia (Finland, Denmark, Sweden, and Norway), Portugal, Austria, and Switzerland.
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