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Contact: Valerie Gliem
vgliem@psu.edu
814-865-9481
Penn State

Arrow Lionheart™ patient and medical team to reveal latest success in US human trials

The Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center team studying the Arrow LionHeart™ will announce at noon, Tuesday, June 24, 2003, at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, a new development in the human trials of the totally-implantable heart-assist device, which was conceived of, developed and tested at Penn State College of Medicine in conjunction with Arrow International, Reading, Pa.

The most recent recipient of an Arrow LionHeart™ as well as Walter E. Pae, Jr., M.D., professor of surgery, John P. Boehmer, M.D., associate professor of medicine, Division of Cardiology, Gerson Rosenberg, Ph.D., professor of surgery and bioengineering, and other members of the team will be present to discuss the new development as well as the history of the Arrow LionHeart™.

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Media interested in attending should follow Event Parking signs at the Medical Center and meet a representative of the public relations staff at the Biomedical Research Building by 11:45 a.m. to be escorted to the news conference location. For directions to the medical center, visit http://www.hmc.psu.edu/maps/index.htm


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