CV Therapeutics Announces Eight Abstracts Accepted for Presentation at the European Society of Cardiology Con...( PALO ALTO Calif. Aug. 22 /- CV Th...),Health

PALO ALTO, Calif., Aug. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CV Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CVTX) announced today that eight abstracts, including a clinical trial update session on anti-arrhythmia data from the MERLIN TIMI-36 study, have been accepted for presentation at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress 2007 taking place in Vienna, Austria from September 1-5, 2007.

A clinical trial update session entitled, The Effect of Ranolazine, a Novel Anti-anginal Agent with Electrophysiologic Properties, on the Incidence of Tachyarrhythmias: Results from the MERLIN-TIMI 36 Randomized Controlled Trial, is scheduled for presentation Wednesday, September 5 at 9:45 a.m. Central European Summer Time (CEST).

Other accepted abstracts include:

Ranexa(R) (ranolazine extended-release tablets):

Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Diabetes or the Metabolic Syndrome Presenting with Non- ST-elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome in the MERLIN- TIMI 36 Trial; Poster, Sunday, September 2, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. CEST

Cost of Angina:

Recurrent Angina Following Revascularization - Frequency, Patient Characteristics and Costs; Poster, Wednesday, September 5, 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. CEST

Late Sodium Current:

Reduction of Repolarization Reserve Unmasks the Role of Late Sodium Current in Rabbit Isolated Hearts; Poster, Sunday, September 2, 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. CEST

Mechanism of Ranolazine Block of Cardiac Na Channels; Poster, Monday, September 3, 2:00 - 6:00 p.m. CEST

Regadenoson

Results from Two Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Trials Evaluating the Safety of Regadenoson in Patients with Reactive Airways Disease; Poster, Tuesday, September 4, 2:00 - 6:00 p.m. CEST

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