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Biotech / Medical : World Heart Corp - WHRT and TSE/WHT -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Maarten who wrote (77)	5/13/1998 8:19:00 PM
From: Stang	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 500

WORLD HEART CORPORATION TO HOLD ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING THIS FRIDAY OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada, May 13 /CNW/ - Date: Friday May 15, 1998 Time: 12:00noon - Light lunch 1:00pm - Meeting begins Location: Sheraton Ottawa Hotel & Towers 150 Albert Street Ottawa, Ontario Event: World Heart Corporation (WorldHeart) will hold its annual general meeting (AGM) for shareholders, financial analysts, media and members of the public. A media question and answer session will follow the formal portion of the meeting. In addition, a HEARTSAVERvad(TM) exhibit and video presentation will be on display. The AGM will give WorldHeart executives an opportunity to review the Company's progress in bringing HEARTSAVERvad(TM) to market. HEARTSAVERvad(TM) is an affordable, fully implantable heart assist device designed to provide long term support of pulsatile blood flow to people suffering from heart failure and permit the recipient to return to near normal life activities. WorldHeart is a medical devices business focused on commercialization of artificial heart and related technologies for which worldwide rights were acquired from the University of Ottawa Heart Institute. Continuing research and development of these technologies is carried out under contract to WorldHeart by the Cardiovascular Devices Division of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute Research Corporation, an affiliate of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute. WorldHeart is a public company whose stock trades on the NASDAQ SmallCap Market (ticker symbol: WHRTF) and the Canadian Dealing Network (ticker symbol: WHRT). -30- For further information: Sandy Armstrong, Media and Public Relations, World Heart Corporation, Telephone: (613) 226-4278, Fax: (613) 226-4744, E-mail: sarmstrong@worldheart.com newswire.ca Stang