ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 7, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aastrom Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:ASTM), the leading developer of patient-specific, expanded multicellular therapies for the treatment of severe, chronic cardiovascular diseases, today announced that results from the company's Phase 2a clinical trial of ixmyelocel-T in the treatment of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) will be presented at the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) Scientific Sessions held May 9-12, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Aastrom presentation, entitled "Safety and Efficacy of Ixmyelocel-T, An Expanded Patient-Specific Mixed Cell Therapy, in Dilated Cardiomyopathy," will be made on Thursday, May 10, at 12:26 p.m. during the late-breaking clinical trials session. The presentation will be given by Timothy D. Henry, MD, FACC, director of research at the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation.
