The Rising Influence of Rising Affluence

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ABSORB's biggest benefit is that it eliminates the risk of late stent thrombosis and obviates the need to take antiplatelet drugs for years (which means forever for some patients).

However, ABSORB is harder to implant than XIENCE (ABT's market-leading conventional stent), so there's a long-term vs short-term tradeoff that doctors and patients need to make.