EXHIBIT 23.4 CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS We consent to the incorporation by reference in amendment No. 1 to the registration statement (No. 333-64887) on Form S-3 of Boston Scientific Corporation of our report dated May 22, 1998, with respect to the combined balance sheets of Schneider Worldwide, formerly a business of Pfizer Inc., as of December 31, 1997 and 1996, and the related combined statements of income and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1997, which report appears in the Form 8-K/A2 of Boston Scientific Corporation dated March 30, 1999, and to the reference to our firm under the heading "Experts." /s/ KPMG LLP --------------------- KPMG LLP New York, New York April 6, 1999