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Canada's Largest Cardiac Centre Receives VMS+3.0 Ventripoint Whole Heart Analysis System
(TheNewswire) Improved cardiac imaging system gaining market adoption...
About this update from Ventripoint Diagnostics Ltd.
[{"type":"text","content":"Canada's Largest Cardiac Centre Receives VMS+3.0 Ventripoint Whole Heart Analysis System\n \n \n (TheNewswire)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Improved cardiac imaging system gaining market adoption\n \n \n with leading medical centers\n \n \n \n \n Toronto, Ontario\n \n \n -\n \n \n The Newswire\n \n \n -\n \n \n November 5, 2020\n \n \n -\n \n \n Ventripoint\nDiagnostics Ltd.\n \n \n (\"\n \n \n Ventripoint\n \n \n \" or\nthe \"\n \n \n Company\n \n \n \"), (TSXV:VPT\n \n \n ) (\n \n \n OTC:VPTDF) is pleased to announce that the Company's\nproprietary VMS+3.0 whole-heart analysis system has been installed at\nthe Peter Munk Cardiac Center (PMCC) in Toronto, Canada. PMCC is the\nlargest cardiac centre in Canada and resides in the University\nHospital Network's (UHN) Toronto General Hospital. This is the\n5\n \n \n th\n \n \n hospital in Canada to adopt the new VMS+3.0 for assessing heart\nfunction in all four chambers of the heart.\n \n \n \n \n Dr. John Granton, Division Head of Respirology, UHN,\nand lead of the Pulmonary Hypertension Program (PHP) stated:\n\"This will help the PHP and the Congenital Heart Disease program\nmanage, and conduct future research in, patients with right heart\nfailure.\"\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \"Just as it is\nPMCC's mission to use the best equipment to optimize patient care, it\nhas always been the Company's mission to create\n\"best-in-breed\" equipment to assist clinicians and medical\npersonnel in a myriad of clinical settings to accurately assess heart\nfunction. We feel incredibly privileged to have this world-leading\nhospital adopt our system,\" stated Dr. George Adams,\nExecutive-Chairman of Ventripoint.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Company has installed three VMS+3.0 whole heart\nanalysis systems in three top-rated hospitals in the last 5 weeks. \nThe Company has delivered 10 VMS+3.0 systems to date and expects to\ninstall units in additional leading cardiac centres before the end of\nthe year.\n \n \n \n \n The Company estimates that 40,000 VMS+3.0 units would\nbe required based on standard-of-care guidelines to effectively\ndiagnose, monitor and manage the health of patients with congenital\nheart disease, pulmonary hypertension and those suffering\ncardiotoxicity due to chemotherapy.\n \n \n \n \n About the Peter Munk Cardiac\nCentre\n \n \n \n \n Peter Munk Cardiac...