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REPORT: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC TAKING SALES HIT FROM STENT WORRIES

October 13, 2006

A new report says Boston Scientific is losing sales due to doctor concerns over the risks posed by drug-coated heart stents. Stents are tiny mesh tubes used to prop open diseased heart blood vessels. Older versions are bare-metal, but newer models are coated with drugs to prevent clotting.

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