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Wed, September 5, 2012
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Results from VentriPoint Pilot Study in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Presented at European Respiratory Society Annual Congre
September 04, 2012 15:35 ET
Results from VentriPoint Pilot Study in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Presented at European Respiratory Society Annual Congress
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON--(Marketwire - Sept. 4, 2012) - VentriPoint Diagnostics (TSX VENTURE:VPT) (OTCQX:VPTDF) is pleased to announce the final results of the pilot study undertaken at the University of Chicago, using its VMS™ diagnostic tool, in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH). The results show a non-statistical average difference between VMS™ and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging (CMR) of 0.65% for volumes from 75ml (normal hearts) to 425 ml (dilated hearts) with 95% confidence limits of +/- 3%. There was an excellent agreement between the two techniques over the entire volume range with correlation coefficients of r2=0.97 for both when the heart was filled with blood (end-diastolic volume) and when it was finished ejecting blood (end-systolic volume).
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"We would like to thank the team at the University of Chicago for the excellent performance of the study. The Company is currently in a multi-centre pivotal clinical trial, for submission to the FDA, using the PAH application and is enrolling patients at major cardiac centres," said Dr. George Adams, CEO of VentriPoint. "The excellent 95% Confidence Limits of 3% is very encouraging as the target for the pivotal trial is 10% or less."
The paper entitled "Three-Dimensional Reconstruction of the Right Ventricle from Two-Dimensional Echocardiographic Images: Validation of Volume Measurements Against MRI" was authored by Nicole Bhave, Benjamin H. Freed, Amit R. Patel, Megan Yamat, Lynn Weinert, James Bodtke, Roberto M. Lang, and Mardi Gomberg-Maitland and was presented on Monday September 3rd at the European Respiratory Society Annual Congress in Vienna.
About the European Respiratory Society
The European Respiratory Society was founded in London in 1990 from the merger of the Societas Europaea Physiologiae Clinicae Respoiratoriae (SEPCR, founded 1966) with the European Society of Pneumology (SEP, founded 1981), it is unique in bringing together basic science with clinical practice within a single entity. The Annual Congress, which is the largest respiratory meeting in the world, brings together the membership now standing at some 10,000 to further the awareness of lung health and improving prevention, management and treatment of lung disease.
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 multi-billion dollar market potential. Canada and Europe (CE Mark) have granted approval for the sale of its VMS™ diagnostic tool for pulmonary arterial hypertension and the congenital heart disease, TOF, and is pursuing the US-FDA approval through the 510(k) process.
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