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MONTREAL, April 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - CryoCath (TSX: CYT), the global leader in cryotherapy products to treat cardiac arrhythmias, today announced that data on the Company's Arctic Front(R) catheter system to treat Atrial Fibrillation (AFib) was presented at the 74th Annual Meeting of the German Cardiac Society in Mannheim, Germany, March 27-29, 2008. CryoCath was well represented at the meeting, with a record number of presentations on cryo-ablation. In total there were eight poster presentations and ten oral presentations, including a standing room only cryo symposium from leading electrophysiologists that received 50 percent more attendance than the previous year.

Some of the highlights of the meeting include:

- Data from a three centre AFib study on Arctic Front by Professor Dr.

Schumacher from Herz- und GefaB-Klinik in Bad Neustadt, Germany,

Dr. Pitschner from the Kerckhoff-Klinik in Bad Nauheim, Germany and

Dr. Vogt from the Herz und Diabetes Zentrum NRW in Bad Oeynhausen,

Germany. With a median follow-up time of 12 months, 74 percent of the

293 paroxysmal patients enrolled were AFib free after only one

procedure and off anti-arrhythmic drugs (AADs).

- Dr. Heintze, also from the Herz und Diabetes Zentrum NRW, presented

follow up data on 168 patients treated in his center. This data

includes patients from the three center AFib study listed above as

well as a significant number of patients treated subsequently. The

group of AFib sufferers was largely paroxysmal with approximately

7 percent persistent. After an average of 8.5 months follow up,

81 percent were AFib free and off drugs and more than 85 percent were

considered a cli
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