Volcano to Highlight New Technologies and Clinical Study Results at TCT 2012

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Volcano Corporation (NASDAQ: VOLC) a leading developer and manufacturer of precision guided therapy tools designed to enhance the diagnosis and treatment of coronary and peripheral vascular disease, today announced plans to highlight its functional measurement technologies and clinical study results related to Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS) catheters and Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR) guide wires, at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) conference being held in Miami from October 22nd - 26th, 2012.

"In keeping with Volcano's commitment to innovation in providing solutions for complex indications, we will be highlighting our advances in Functional Management and a suite of new products designed to address the most complex clinical indications," commented Scott Huennekens, president and chief executive officer of Volcano. "As key healthcare reforms are now being implemented, it is important, now more than ever, that physicians have the right tools to thoroughly evaluate patients, not only to guide treatment pathways, but to provide evidence supporting their decisions. With the insight our technologies provide, Volcano can help physicians and healthcare institutions answer the growing demand for truly personalized medicine that is appropriate, evidence-based, and accountable. At prior TCT meetings, when, FAME, PROSPECT and FAME 2 were presented, the paradigm of patient care shifted. Results from a number of large, prospective clinical studies that include Volcano IVUS and Functional Management technologies will be presented again this year at late breaking trials and topic-specific clinical sessions that may help physicians guide their future daily decision-making."

Volcano highlights the following key events:

Key Clinical Presentations

• Monday, October 22, 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
  Featured Clinical Research II
  RESOLVE: A Multicenter Study Evaluating the Diagnostic Accuracy of iFR
  Compared to FFR
  Allen Jeremias, MD, MSc
  Miami Beach Convention Center, Room C223-224
• Tuesday, October 23, 11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
  Adjunct Imaging and Physiology
  IVUS Predictors of Stent Thrombosis: Results from the Prospective, Multicenter
  ADAPT-DES Study
  Akiko Maehara, MD
  Miami Beach Convention Center, Room D239
• Tuesday, October 23, 11:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
  Adjunct Imaging and Physiology
  Use of IVUS Reduces Stent Thrombosis: Results from the Prospective,
  Multicenter ADAPT-DES Study
  Bernhard Witzenbichler, MD
  Miami Beach Convention Center, Room D239
• Wednesday, October 24, 12:45 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
  Novel Findings from Randomized and Nonrandomized Studies
  ADAPT-DES IVUS Substudy: Utility of IVUS in Delineating the Mechanism of and
  Preventing Stent Thrombosis
  Akiko Maehara, MD
  Miami Beach Convention Center, Room D235-236
• Thursday, October 25, 12:15 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.
  Plenary Session XVII. First Report Investigations II
  ADAPT-DES One Year: A Large-Scale, Multicenter, Prospective,
  Observational Study of the Impact of Clopidogrel and Aspirin
  Hyporesponsiveness on Patient Outcomes
  Gregg W. Stone, MD
  Miami Beach Convention Center, Main Arena II, Hall D

Breakfast Symposia

• Tuesday, October 23, 6:30 am. – 8:00 a.m.
  Expanding Your Interventional Practice with Peripheral Procedures
  Julian Javier, MD; Prakash Krishnan, MD; Gregory Mishkel, MD
  Miami Beach Convention Center, Room D235-236
• Wednesday, October 24, 6:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
  The Crucial Role of FFR in the Post-SYNTAX Era
  Morton Kern, MD; Justin E. Davies, MBBS, PhD; Patrick W. Serruys, MD, PhD
  Miami Beach Convention Center, Room C227-228
• Thursday, October 25, 6:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
  Strategies to Address Guidelines, Necessity and Improve PCI Outcomes
  David Rizik, MD; Jasvindar Singh, MD; Bernhard Witzenbichler, MD
  Miami Beach Convention Center, Room D231-232

Image Interpretation with the Experts

• Attendees can learn the art of IVUS image interpretation at sessions conducted each day at the Volcano booth by 'Teach IVUS' creator John McB. Hodgson, MD and noted interventional cardiologist Bruce A. Samuels, MD.

About Volcano Corporation

Volcano Corporation is revolutionizing the medical device industry with a broad suite of technologies that make imaging and therapy simpler, more informative and less invasive. Its products empower physicians around the world with a new generation of analytical tools that deliver more meaningful information - using sound and light as the guiding elements. Founded in cardiovascular care and expanding into other specialties, Volcano is changing the assumption about what is possible in improving patient outcomes by combining imaging and therapy together. 

Forward-Looking Statements

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