This is a multicenter (up to 10 sites), open, prospective, 2-arm, unbalanced, randomized study designed to assess the safety and effectiveness of the CYPHER SELECT™ Sirolimus-eluting Coronary Stent as compared to the CYPHER™ Sirolimus-eluting Coronary Stent. A total of 100 patients will be entered in the study and will be randomized on a 2:1 basis to the CYPHER SELECT™ stent or the CYPHER™ stent. 100 patients with de novo native coronary artery lesions <23 mm in length and more than 2.5 to less than 3.5 mm in diameter by visual estimate who meet all eligibility criteria will be either randomized.
The main objective of this study is to assess the safety and effectiveness of the CYPHER SELECT™ Sirolimus-eluting Coronary Stent in reducing angiographic in-stent late loss in de novo native coronary lesions as compared to the CYPHER ™ Sirolimus-eluting Coronary Stent.