Boston Scientific Announces Schedule for European Society of Cardiolog...(. Two-year outcomes data from the SYNT...),Health

Date:8/27/2009

. Two-year outcomes data from the SYNTAX trial will be presented by A. Pieter Kappetein, M.D., at 9:15 a.m. during a Clinical Trial Update session in the Barcelona Room. SYNTAX is the first randomized, controlled clinical trial comparing PCI using drug-eluting stents to CABG surgery in patients with left main and/or three-vessel disease. The Company plans to issue a press release at this time.

Boston Scientific will present its latest innovations at booth C99 in the Exhibition Hall. Cardiovascular and cardiac rhythm management products will include the LATITUDE(R) Patient Management System, which was recently launched in Europe, and the Company's third-generation drug-eluting stents: the TAXUS(R) Element(TM) Paclitaxel-Eluting Coronary Stent System and the PROMUS(R) Element(TM) Everolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent System.

The Company is still expecting CE Mark approval and launch for both the TAXUS Element and the PROMUS Element Stent Systems in the fourth quarter of this year. The TAXUS Element and PROMUS Element Stent Systems are not available for sale in the United States.

The safety and effectiveness of the TAXUS(R) Express(R) Stent has not been established in patients with left main or three-vessel disease.

Boston Scientific is a worldwide developer, manufacturer and marketer of medical devices whose products are used in a broad range of interventional medical specialties. For more information, please visit: www.bostonscientific.com.

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