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ev3 Inc. Reports 2008 First Quarter Financial Results and Revised 2008 Guidance

Date:5/2/2008

PLYMOUTH, Minn., May 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ev3 Inc. (Nasdaq: EVVV), a global endovascular device company, today reported financial results for its fiscal first quarter of 2008 and its revised financial guidance for 2008.

As previously reported, ev3's net sales were $101.3 million in the first quarter of 2008 representing a 65% increase over the same quarter of the prior year and a 10% increase over the fourth quarter of 2007. The increase in net sales over the same quarter of the prior year was primarily attributable to the acquisition of FoxHollow. The sequential quarter increase in net sales was driven by growth in the pre-FoxHollow acquisition peripheral vascular business segment and the neurovascular business segment. However, first quarter net sales results were negatively impacted by greater than anticipated sales force integration challenges related to the FoxHollow acquisition and elevated customer inventory levels of SilverHawk products.

Robert Palmisano, president and chief executive officer of ev3 Inc., commented, "While we believe that our fundamental strategies are sound, we have much work ahead of us to improve our execution and efficiency. My top priority will be to continue expanding our position in the peripheral vascular and neurovascular markets globally by offering a full complement of innovative therapies, investing in the development of our next generation of products and pursuing a broad clinical trial agenda to bring new products to market and further validate the scientific foundation of our endovascular procedures. I believe these initiatives will in turn drive growth and shareholder value."

Palmisano commented further, "In resetting our guidance, we took into account the factors that could affect our business in 2008, including the performance of our U.S. atherectomy business, which continues to be adversely affected by elevated customer inventory levels of SilverHawk, the ability of our U.S. peripheral va
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