Sep 11, 2003
Guidant to Host Investor Briefing at Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics Meeting

Live Webcast Available

Indianapolis, Ind. - Guidant Corporation (NYSE: GDT), a world leader in the treatment of cardiac and vascular disease, announced today that it will host an investor briefing during the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) meeting in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, September 18 at 7:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time. The briefing will be webcast live on the day of the event.

The briefing will be hosted by Dana Mead, president, Vascular Intervention, Guidant Corporation, and will feature a review of the company''s FUTURE I and FUTURE II data, which will be presented on Wednesday, September 17, during a TCT scientific session. Also participating in the briefing will be the principal investigator of the study, Eberhard Grube, M.D., chief of the Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Heart Center Siegburg in Siegburg, Germany; associate professor of Cardiology at the Medical School of the University of Bonn; and consulting professor at Stanford University School of Medicine.

The live webcast of Guidant''s briefing will be accessible through Guidant''s website at www.guidant.com/webcast or through CCBN''s individual investor center at www.companyboardroom.com. The webcast will be archived on both websites for future on-demand replay.

Guidant Corporation pioneers lifesaving technology, giving an opportunity for better life today to millions of cardiac and vascular patients worldwide. The company, driven by a strong entrepreneurial culture of 11,000 employees, develops, manufactures and markets a broad array of products and services that enable less invasive care for some of life''s most threatening medical conditions. For more information visit www.guidant.com.

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