TEWKSBURY, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cambridge Heart, Inc. (OTCBB-CAMH) will exhibit its HearTwave II system and sponsor a medical education talk on sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) prevention at the Fall 2009 MedAxiom Conference.
The conference will be held from September 23 to 25 in Monarch Beach, California. The exhibit will feature the HearTwave II, Cambridge Heart’s flagship diagnostic system capable of performing both stress and MTWA testing.
The talk by Dr. Theodore Chow will take place on Thursday September 24. Dr. Chow, a leading electrophysiologist, is President and Founder of the Silicon Valley Institute for Cardiac Arrest Prevention in San Jose, California.
“Dr. Chow is a nationally recognized expert in the field of risk stratification for sudden cardiac arrest,” said Ali Haghighi-Mood, Cambridge Heart President and CEO. “His insights on SCA prevention can help primary care doctors, cardiologists and other specialists avert what has long been a major cause of death in the US.”
Before founding the Silicon Valley Institute for Cardiac Arrest Prevention earlier this year, Dr. Chow was a partner and Director of Electrophysiology at the Ohio Heart and Vascular Center in Cincinnati. He has published several studies on MTWA and risk stratification for SCA.
About MedAxiom
MedAxiom is a service and information provider to an alliance of 300 cardiology practices and 5,400 cardiologists nationwide, based in Neptune Beach, Florida.
About Cambridge Heart, Inc.
Cambridge Heart develops and commercializes non-invasive diagnostic tests for cardiac disease, with a focus on identifying those at risk for sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). The Company’s products incorporate proprietary Microvolt T-Wave Alternans™ measurement technologies, including the patented Analytic Spectral Method® and ultrasensitive disposable electrode sensors. The Company’s MTWA test, originally based on research conducted at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is reimbursed by Medicare under its National Coverage Policy.
Cambridge Heart, founded in 1990, is based in Tewksbury, MA. It is traded on the Over-The-Counter Bulletin Board (OTCBB) under the symbol CAMH.OB.
http://www.cambridgeheart.com.
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