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Boston Scientific’s Synergy Stent Narrowly Outperforms Biosensors’ Biomatrix NeoFlex In Danish Study

 
• By Reed Miller

Data from the 2,770-patient randomized SORT OUT VIII trial showed Boston Scientific’s Synergy everolimus-eluting stent is noninferior to Biosensor’s Biomatrix NeoFlex Biolimus-eluting stent for the endpoint of target lesion failure, but the procedure failure-rate was lower in the Synergy patients, which may have led to lower overall rates of myocardial infarction.

Synergy by Boston Science
Synergy thin-strut biodegradable-polymer everolimus-eluting platinum-chromium stent • Source: Boston Scientific

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One-year results from SORT OUT VIII, a randomized trial comparing two metal drug-eluting coronary stents with biodegradeable polymers, demonstrate Boston Scientific Corp.'s Synergy is at least non-inferior to...

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