World Heart (WHRT) Announces IRB Approves Ventricular Assist Device BTT Study

October 15, 2009 10:13 AM EDT

World Heart Corporation (NASDAQ: WHRT) announced today that the Levacor Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) Bridge-to-Transplant (BTT) Study has been approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) at INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City.

As previously announced, WorldHeart has conditional approval from the FDA for the Levacor BTT Study for ten initial study sites. Mr. J. Alex Martin, WorldHeart President and CEO said that "we are eager to move forward into the clinical setting and are extremely pleased to announce INTEGRIS Baptist's qualification status. We also continue to work closely with other participating hospitals as their IRBs review the Study protocol."


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