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NUI Galway sponsors major international clinical trial for patients with heart disease

Prof Patrick Serruys and Prof Yoshi Onuma

The PIONEER-IV trial will take place over several years in 30 hospital centres across Europe and involve 2,540 patients.

The trial will use the newly patented Healing-Targeted Supreme Stent (HT Supreme™) from SINOMED. The novel drug-eluting stent is designed to encourage rapid healing of the treated blood vessel, thereby potentially reducing reliance on some long-term medications such as blood thinners.

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