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Angeion Corporation Partners with Team Garmin-Transitions

Through the partnership, Angeion will provide Team Garmin-Transitions with New Leaf metabolic assessment and training equipment. The New Leaf Active Metabolic Training System is available in premier fitness clubs, corporate wellness programs, and sports training centers to measure human performance and how efficiently a person's body burns calories.

"We're very proud to associate the New Leaf brand with a team that's respected internationally for both its athletic accomplishments and the manner in which it achieves them," said Rodney A. Young, Angeion's President and Chief Executive Officer. "We're confident New Leaf will play an important role in the team's fitness and preparation for the physically demanding sport of professional cycling."

Said Team Garmin-Transition's President, Matt Johnson, "From a business standpoint, working with Angeion is a perfect fit. We are focused on expanding our family of technology-driven partners, so adding New Leaf technology is something we're incredibly proud of. In turn, the partnership allows New Leaf to display its technology to a worldwide audience of potential customers and sports enthusiasts."

Team Garmin-Transitions is a 28-man cycling squad of professional riders from 11 countries around the world. With world and national champions, past leaders of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, it is not only one of the premier teams in cycling, but also a leader in sports technology. The team competes in a full schedule of professional cycling races in the United States and Europe.

Angeion's New Leaf metabolic assessment and training program is based on decades of medical research and proven scientific know-how. It helps users achieve health, fitness, or athletic performance goals by creating exercise and nutrition plans based on the user's personal metabolic profile.

Angeion will debut and promote its new relationship at the upcoming IHRSA (International Health, Racquet, and Sportsclub Association) convention March 10^th - 13^th, 2010 in San Diego, Calif., booth #431. IHRSA is an annual trade show and conference serving the health club industry that will draw thousands of industry professionals for four days of education and networking opportunities. To learn more visit http://cms.ihrsa.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.viewPage&pageId=19067.

About Team Garmin-Transitions

Team Garmin-Transitions is dedicated to promoting ethical sporting and developing the next generation of cycling champions. Team Garmin-Slipstream competes in a full schedule of professional cycling races in the U.S. and Europe. Additional information is available at www.slipstreamsports.com.

About Angeion Corporation

Founded in 1986, Angeion Corporation acquired Medical Graphics Corporation in December 1999. Medical Graphics develops, manufactures and markets non-invasive cardiorespiratory diagnostic systems that are sold under the MedGraphics (www.medgraphics.com) and New Leaf (www.newleaffitness.com) brand and trade names. These cardiorespiratory diagnostic systems have a wide range of applications in healthcare as well as health and fitness. The Company's products are sold internationally through distributors and in the United States through a direct sales force that targets heart and lung specialists located in hospitals, university-based medical centers, medical clinics and physicians' offices, pharmaceutical companies, medical device manufacturers, clinical research organizations, health and fitness clubs, personal training studios, and other exercise facilities. For more information about Angeion, visit www.angeion.com.

Angeion Corporation
William J. Kullback, SVP & Chief Financial Officer, 651-766-3492
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Team Garmin-Transitions
Marya Pongrace, Director of Communications, 347-698-3412