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Cardima Surgical Ablation System Presented at 'Controversies in Adult Cardiac Surgery III' Educational Program Santa Monica, CA
Business Wire - October 06, 2003 08:30
FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 6, 2003--
Lenox Hill Hospital's head of AF Surgical Program presents early
results using Cardima's Surgical Ablation System
Following the recent U.S. market introduction of Cardima(R), Inc.'s (NasdaqSC: CRDM) Surgical Ablation System, Didier F. Loulmet, M.D., Chief of the Minimally Invasive Robotic Cardiac Surgery Program at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, provided the first case reports on four cases using the Cardima Surgical Ablation System to treat atrial fibrillation (AF). Dr. Loulmet presented his cases at "Controversies in Adult Cardiac Surgery III", a 2-day educational program sponsored by Cedars-Sinai Heart Center, in Santa Monica, California.
Dr. Loulmet, who also heads the Atrial Fibrillation Program for Lenox Hill Hospital, delivered his presentation, entitled "A Novel Surgical Approach to the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation," as part of the "Surgery for Arial Fibrillation" session. According to Dr. Loulmet, all four cases he has completed so far have had a consistent pattern of response. "We have been impressed with the visual consistency and clarity of the thin lesion pattern created and with the remarkable consistency of the clinical outcome of those patients treated. Although our experience base is small, Cardima's system has provided us with consistent results on a category of patients that are very difficult to treat. These patients were in chronic AF ranging from 8 to 15 years. All four patients remain in normal sinus rhythm without the aid of drug therapy."