Newcardio, Inc. (NWCI)

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NewCardio Announces Acceptance of Five Peer-Reviewed Publications

Date : 06/07/2010 @ 10:30AM
Source : Business Wire
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NewCardio, Inc., (OTC BB: NWCI) a cardiac diagnostic technology provider, announced today that five of its most recent medical and technical submissions have been accepted for publication in prominent peer-reviewed medical journals. These publications will present important clinical data supporting the accuracy and effectiveness of its CardioBip™ and Cardio3KG™ products.

* The peer-reviewed cardiology journal Heart Rhythm, published by the Heart Rhythm Society, has accepted a manuscript entitled “Vectorcardiographic diagnosis of new and old left bundle branch block,” by Alexei Shvilkin, M.D., Ph.D., Kalon Ho, M.D., Peter Zimetbaum, M.D., and Mark Josephson M.D. of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, and Bosko Bojovic, Ph.D., Branislav Vajdic, Ph.D. and Ihor Gussak, M.D., Ph.D., of NewCardio. This study presents data showing the ability of the Cardio3KG to improve diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction in a subgroup of patients with significant ECG abnormalities prior to the acute event. Publication and release of the manuscript is anticipated this year.
* Two full-length manuscripts incorporating data from clinical studies of CardioBip have been selected by peer-reviewers for publication this year in the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Journal. The clinical studies were conducted in two distinct groups of cardiac disease patients: those with established coronary artery disease who are at increased risk of myocardial infarction, i.e. a heart attack; and patients with recurrent atrial fibrillation, who are at increased risk of stroke. In both groups, the data show that CardioBip accurately detected and wirelessly transmitted important electrocardiographic changes indicating increased risk of adverse cardiac events in these patients.
* In addition, the Journal of Electrocardiology plans to publish two editorials coauthored by Dr. Ihor Gussak, M.D., PhD, NewCardio’s Chief Medical Officer, with Drs. P. Bjerregaard, H. Nallapaneni, and R. Shah, in the September 2010 issue of the Journal. The editorials cover important aspects relating to clinical and drug-development aspects of the Short QT Interval and its pro-arrhythmic potential. The editorials are relevant to the Company’s QTinno™ product, and accurate detection and quantification of drug-induced risk of cardiac arrhythmias.

Branislav Vajdic, Ph.D., NewCardio’s CEO, commented, “We are delighted that the peer-reviewers from these prestigious journals selected these important manuscripts for publication, and are especially grateful to our outstanding academic medical collaborators who designed and carried out this work. These publications will add to the strong clinical evidence for the use of CardioBip and Cardio3KG in diagnosing and monitoring patients with coronary disease and atrial fibrillation, two very common and serious cardiac diseases. Moreover, we believe this acceptance for publication is further evidence that our products and solutions are gaining increasing recognition by the scientific and medical communities. In particular we are pleased that CardioBip is being seen as a real solution in the growing telemedicine arena.”

About NewCardio, Inc.

NewCardio is a cardiac diagnostic and services company developing and marketing proprietary software platform technologies to provide higher accuracy to, and increase the value of, the standard 12-lead ECG. NewCardio's 3-D ECG software platform reduces the time and expense involved in assessing cardiac status while increasing the ability to diagnose clinically significant conditions which were previously difficult to detect. NewCardio's software products and services significantly improve the diagnosis and monitoring of cardiovascular disease, as well as cardiac safety assessment of drugs under development. For more information, visit www.newcardio.com.

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