| Japanese Market for Interventional Cardiology | | | | * Interventional catheters, |
| 2010 | | | | * Interventional guidewires, |
| In 2009, the Japanese market for interventional | | | | * Introducer sheaths, |
| cardiology devices was valued at nearly $1.2 billion. | | | | * Embolic protection devices (EPD), |
| Japan has one of the oldest populations in the | | | | * Atherectomy devices, |
| world, and demographic pressure is increasing the | | | | * Thrombectomy devices, |
| demand for healthcare. As a result, the Japanese | | | | * Diagnostic catheters, |
| government is attempting to reduce costs by | | | | * Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) catheters |
| decreasing reimbursement rates, thus putting | | | | * Optical coherence tomography (OCT) catheters |
| downward pressure on prices and limiting growth | | | | Within the Japanese interventional cardiology |
| of the market for interventional cardiology | | | | device market, companies such as Abbott |
| devices. Meanwhile, the high use of intravascular | | | | Laboratories, Asahi Intecc, Boston Scientific, |
| imaging in Japan makes the country a model for | | | | Cordis, Medtronic and Terumo lead the market. |
| how global interventional cardiology markets may | | | | This report provides a comprehensive and |
| respond to the increasing utilization of IVUS and | | | | detailed analysis of market revenues by device |
| OCT. ( ) | | | | type, market forecasts through 2016, unit sales, |
| The Japanese market for interventional cardiology | | | | average selling prices, market drivers and limiters |
| devices includes the markets for: | | | | and a detailed competitive analysis, including |
| * Coronary stents, | | | | manufacturer market shares and product |
| * Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty | | | | portfolios. |
| (PTCA) balloon catheters, | | | | |