ADVISORY/Photo of the VENTAK(r) PRIZM(tm) AICD Automatic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator system is available on BW PhotoWire/AP PhotoExpress, NewsCom, PressLink and Business Wire's Web Site.Photo/Business Editors, Health &Medical Writers ADVISORY... --(BW HealthWire) The photo is BW3 on AP PhotoExpress. The photo is on Business Wire's Web Site at http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.012400/bw3 Photo caption reads: INDIANAPOLIS &ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BW HealthWire)--Jan. 24, 2000 Guidant Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange and PCX (1) A bitmapped graphics file format that handles monochrome, 2-bit, 4-bit, 8-bit and 24-bit color and uses RLE to achieve compression ratios of approximately 1.1:1 to 1.5:1. Images with large blocks of solid colors compress best under the RLE method. See PC Paintbrush. : GDT), a worldwide leader in implantable defibrillation Defibrillation Definition Defibrillation is a process in which an electronic device sends an electric shock to the heart to stop an extremely rapid, irregular heartbeat, and restore the normal heart rhythm. systems, today announced the company has received FDA approval to market the world's smallest physiologically shaped dual-chamber implantable defibrillator - the VENTAK(r) PRIZM(tm) AICD AICD activation-induced cell death; automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator. Automatic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator system. CONTACT: Guidant Corporation Andy Rieth, Investor Relations, 317/971-2061, Carol Lindahl, Media Relations, 651/582-4461, Rob Allen, Media Relations, 317/971-2031. See BW1102 (IN-GUIDANT) that ran earlier today for more information. |
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