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Boston Scientific Releases Remote Monitoring Data from First 10,000 Patients Using Its Wireless LATITUDE Patient Management System

Published in Healthcare Mergers, Acquisitions and Ventures Week, May 26th, 2007

Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE:BSX) released data reflecting clinical event notification statistics from the first 10,000 patients(1) monitored on the LATITUDE(R) Patient Management System. This data represents the industry's largest experience with wireless remote monitoring of implantable cardiac devices for one year.

Remote monitoring between regularly scheduled follow-ups allows clinicians to observe changes sooner in their device patients and gives them the ability to intervene earlier where appropriate.

Of the 56,000 monitoring months included in the 10,000-patient population over a mean follow-up of five months, the LATITUDE Patient...

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