Article: Taxus fails to outperform CABG in SYNTAX clinicals.

European Society of Cardiology Congress: It's 'damage control' time for DES supporters

Taxus fails to outperform CABG in SYNTAX clinicals

By JOHN BROSKY

Medical Device Daily European Editor

MUNICH, Germany -- It was supposed to be a stunning victory for drug-eluting stents (DES).

Instead, the release of the SYNTAX study here during the annual congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC; Sophia Antipolis, France) has left some 24,000 participating cardiologists scratching their heads over the conclusions and sent the supporters of DES scrambling for damage control.

In the wake of the devastating reports in ...

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