MONTREAL, April 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - CryoCath , the global leader in cryotherapy products to treat cardiac arrhythmias, today announced that data on the Company's Arctic Front(R) catheter system to treat Atrial Fibrillation (AFib) was presented at the 74th Annual Meeting of the German Cardiac Society in Mannheim, Germany, March 27-29, 2008. CryoCath was well represented at the meeting, with a record number of presentations on cryo-ablation. In total there were eight poster presentations and ten oral presentations, including a standing room only cryo symposium from leading electrophysiologists that received 50 percent more attendance than the previous year.
"This data, in line with previously reported results, bolsters our confidence that Arctic Front is rapidly becoming the standard of care for paroxysmal AFib," said Jan Keltjens, President and CEO of CryoCath. "What is exciting is the consistency these results represent. They are in line with results from our STOP AF IDE feasibility studies and data presented at previous scientific conferences and symposiums. It means Arctic Front is doing what it's supposed to do - provide a simple, anatomical based procedure resulting in safe and consistently efficacious outcomes."
About Arctic Front
Arctic Front is a minimally invasive cryo-balloon catheter designed specifically to treat paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation. This bi-directional, double balloon catheter enables physicians to rapidly isolate all four pulmonary veins for the treatment of AFib. As of the end of December 2007, an estimated 2100 patients have been treated in 34 centers across Europe since approval.
About CryoCath
CryoCath - www.cryocath.com - is a medical technology company that leads the world in cryotherapy products to treat cardiac arrhythmias. With a priority focus on providing physicians with a complete solution of catheter products to treat cardiac arrhythmias, CryoCath has multiple products approved in the U.S., across Europe and several ROW countries. The Company is developing additional products to expand its pipeline of products to treat cardiac arrhythmias.
This press release includes "forward-looking statements" that are subject to risks and uncertainties, including with respect to the timing of regulatory trials and their outcome. For information identifying legislative or regulatory, economic, climatic, currency, technological, competitive and other important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward looking statements, see CryoCath's annual report available at www.sedar.com under the heading Risks and Uncertainties in the Management's Discussion and Analysis section.
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