Two-Year SYNTAX Data Show Comparable Safety Outcomes For Complex Patients Treated With TAXUS(R) EXPRESS(R) Stents And Bypass Surgery

Medical News Today -- Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) announced two-year data from its SYNTAX clinical trial comparing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) using the TAXUS(®) Express(®) Paclitaxel-Eluting Coronary Stent System to coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. The overall results demonstrated no statistically significant difference between PCI and CABG in the composite safety endpoint (all-cause death, stroke and myocardial infarction [MI]). The Company made the announcement at the annual European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress in Barcelona.