MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 1, 2006--Asthmatx, Inc., a medical device company that has developed a catheter-based procedure for the treatment for asthma, today announced that the results of its initial clinical study of its investigational outpatient procedure for the treatment of asthma have been published in the May 1st issue of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (AJRCCM). In addition, the lead editorial in this edition of the AJRCCM, titled “Hot Stuff” Bronchial Thermoplasty for Asthma, discusses the potential of this procedure as a completely new approach for treating severe asthma.