Boston Scientific to Release Broad Range of Clinical Trial Data on the Performance of TAXUS(R) Coronary Stent Systems a...( NATICK Mass. Oct. 10 /- Boston Sc...),Health

NATICK, Mass., Oct. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) today announced the schedule of the Company's major events and press announcements at the Cardiovascular Research Foundation's (CRF) twentieth annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) scientific symposium, which runs from October 12 to 17 in Washington, D.C.

Boston Scientific will be announcing a wide range of safety and efficacy data on its TAXUS(R) Express2(TM) and second-generation TAXUS(R) Liberte(R) Paclitaxel-Eluting Coronary Stent Systems, including 12-month subset data on patients with left main (LM) and three-vessel disease (3VD) from the SYNTAX trial, which compares percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) using the TAXUS Express2 Stent System to coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery in these most complex patient groups. In addition, the Company will present two-year results from the ARRIVE diabetic subset analysis (TAXUS Express Stent), three-year data from the ATLAS Workhorse and Direct Stenting trials and two-year ATLAS data on small vessels and long lesions (TAXUS Liberte Stent).

"We are pleased to be announcing new subset data on left main and three-vessel disease patients from the landmark SYNTAX study, the only randomized trial of its kind to provide physicians with critical data on the performance of drug-eluting stents (DES) in these very difficult patient populations," said Keith D. Dawkins, M.D., Senior Vice President and Associate Chief Medical Officer at Boston Scientific. "We also plan to present additional detail on the SYNTAX Score -- a new scientific measure for anatomical complexity designed to provide guidance to physicians is assessing treatment options for LM and 3VD patients."
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