SEATTLE, WASHINGTON--(Marketwire - Dec. 7, 2011) - VentriPoint Diagnostics Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:VPT)(PINKSHEETS:VPTDF) today announced that a clinical medical research paper on the novel application of VentriPoint's VMS™ heart analysis system to patients with congenital heart disease will be presented at the Annual Congress of the European Association of Echocardiography, EUROECHO, in Budapest, Hungary, December 7-10^th, 2011.

In a presentation by Dr. Shelby Kutty, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Nebraska College of Medicine, he concluded, "These results demonstrate clinical feasibility of quantifying systemic right ventricle volumes and function in adolescents and young adults with repaired CHD…" The presentation entitled "Echocardiography Knowledge-Based Reconstruction for Derivation of Volumes and Ejection Fractions for the Systemic Right Ventricle in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease (CHD)" will be presented on December 10, 2011.

"We know that we are just at the beginning of realizing the potential of VMS™," stated Dr. George Adams, President & CEO of VentriPoint. "It is fulfilling to see our users extend the clinical application of VMS™ beyond 'Blue Babies' to another type of congenital heart disease, systemic right ventricle."

The Company will be exhibiting at EUROECHO. In support of this event, VentriPoint announces the appointment of Victor Ton, European Sales Manager. Victor has more than 22 years of sales and marketing experience in the medical device industry, especially in the cardiology field.

"We are so pleased that Victor Ton has joined our team," acknowledged Mr. Amol Karnick, VP Sales and Business Development. "He is an extremely valuable addition at this point in the Company's development. We are presently focused on sales in Europe and Victor's extensive experience and background will certainly benefit us in our execution of our sales strategy in that market."

About Victor Ton

Mr. Ton has worked in the areas of patient monitoring (Mennen Medical), stress test, holter monitor recording, catheter lab recording systems (Quinton Instrument Corporation and Schwarzer GmbH) and the field of electrophysiology (Quinton Electrophysiology Corporation, EPMedSystems Inc. and Cardiotek B.V.) Previously he worked as a catheter lab technician at the OLVG Hospital in Amsterdam for 10 years. With EPMedSystems, he was responsible for sales and marketing for the EMEA countries (Europe, Middle East, Africa), as well as both direct European offices in France and the Netherlands as Director of International Sales. Working for both Cardiotek and Schwarzer GmbH, he was International Sales Director EMEA with a spectrum of responsibilities including sales and marketing activities, clinical training, as well as revenue growth and product development. He holds a B.S. in Engineering and will be working from the Netherlands.

About VentriPoint Diagnostics Ltd.

VentriPoint has created a diagnostic ultrasound tool to monitor patients with heart disease, a leading cause of death in developed countries. VMS™ is the first cost-effective and accurate diagnostic tool for measuring right ventricle heart function. Congenital heart disease in children is the first application in a suite of applications for all major heart diseases including pulmonary hypertension, cardiovascular disease and heart failure - a multibillion dollar market potential. Canada and Europe (CE Mark) have granted approval for the sale of its VMS™ diagnostic tool and is pursuing the US-FDA approval through the 510(k) process.

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