UH Case Medical Center cardiologists first to implant Abbott 'Absorb' Stent in Midwest

(University Hospitals Case Medical Center) University Hospitals Case Medical Center is among the first in the country -- and the first in Ohio -- to offer and deploy the Abbott Absorb stent, a completely bioresorbable stent. On July 8, University Hospitals implanted its first Absorb dissolving stent on a patient with coronary artery disease. There are only 50 sites around the nation which will launch the Absorb product and UH is the only hospital in Ohio.