January 13, 2009 - Cardima Inc. plans to showcase its atrial fibrillation treatment products and technologies at the 45th Annual Meeting of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) conference Jan. 26-28, 2009 in San Francisco.
Cardima will also sponsor a breakfast symposium at the STS conference entitled, "Surgical Ablation - Keys to Success." The symposium will highlight Cardima's Surgical Ablation System and feature prominent speakers including:
- Li Poa, M.D., FACS, chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Cardiac Surgery Program Director at Stamford Hospital and faculty member of Columbia University. Dr. Poa is among the world's leading authorities on surgical ablation for the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF) and is head of the Cardima Center of Excellence and Training Program at Stamford Hospital. He has conducted extensive work perfecting thoracoscopic surgical techniques, and will train cardiothoracic surgeons in the use of the Cardima Surgical Ablation System.
- Sanjeev Saksena, M.D., FHRS, FACC, FESC FAHA, clinical professor of Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine and medical director of the Electrophysiology Research Foundation. Dr. Saksena was the director of the Cardiovascular Institute, Atlantic Health System (Eastern Campus) from 1999-2004 and is a past president of the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology (NASPE). He is the founding editor and current editor-in-chief of the Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology. Dr. Saksena is also a Planning/Steering Committee member of the National Institute of Health AFFIRM & TOPCAT trials that have focused on atrial fibrillation.
The Surgical Ablation System uses Cardima's patented technology for the ablation of cardiac tissue. The system incorporates a microcatheter-based surgical probe coupled with Cardima's INTELLITEMP, a radiofrequency energy management device. The probe incorporates irrigation, suction and illumination, which aid in placement and lesion depth. The Cardima Surgical Ablation System is reportedly able to create deep, long, linear and transmural cardiac lesions without gaps, and the small, flexible design offers sole port-hole access, potentially decreasing procedure time, patient hospital stay and discomfort.
The breakfast symposium will be held at the San Francisco Marriott on Jan. 27 at 6:00 a.m. For additional details, please contact Dilyana Hadjeva at [email protected]. About Cardima Surgical Ablation System
For more information: www.Cardima.com
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