VPTDF - Ventripoint JV Begins Training Chinese Cardiologists in Heart Analysis System and Achieves Milestone of First Commercial Sales

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Toronto, Ontario – TheNewswire –March 2, 202 1 - Ventripoint Diagnostics Ltd. (" Ventripoint " or the " Company "),(TSXV:VPT ) ; ( OTC:VPTDF) is pleased to announce thatits partner, Yutian Medical Shanghai Inc. (“ Yutian ”) , has reported a successful engagementwith key opinion leaders in the echocardiography sector in China.  Atraining session in the use of the QAS™ (VMS™ in China) has beenconducted in China for approximately 60 echocardiologists.  Thesession was offered in cooperation with one of the leading UniversityHospitals in China and organized by the China Medical Association,Intensive Care Division. The training included advanced techniques forright-ventricular quantitative analysis using 2D ultrasound, and theapproach of the QAS to using artificial Intelligence (AI) to analyzeall studies including lower quality images where only sparse data wereavailable.

In addition, Yutian has appointed tier-1 distributorsin major regions throughout China and has already signed agreementswith minimum sales targets totaling 30 million RMB (~$6M Canadian) for2021 from this initial group of distributors. Yutian is continuing toexpand the distribution network in China and reports the firstcommercial sale to a tier-1 hospital in China.

AboutCardiovascular Disease (CVD) in China

Heart disease is the leading cause of death worldwide-- accounting for approximately one-third of deaths in 2019.  Chinahad the highest number of heart disease deaths, followed by India,Russia, the United States and Indonesia ( 1) . China is rapidly aging due to a birth boom during the 1950sto 1970s, which was followed by a long period of imposed 1 childpolicy (2) . Currently, >16% of the population is age 60 years ormore, and this proportion is projected to increase to 35% by 2050. Thecombination of population growth and aging are expected to contributeat least another 3.4 million deaths from CVD over the next 2 decades,and related costs are projected to increase by USD $7.8 trillion from2012 to 2030 (2).

China has twice the rate of hypertension and cardiacmortality as the United States due to known risk factors.  Thislatest review paper (1) recommended “risk reduction for avoidingdangerous patterns of alcohol consumption, preventing smoking,adopting diets low in added sugar, sodium, and harmful fats, andmaintaining a healthy weight beginning early in life. Effective andaffordable clinical strategies remain overlooked by health systems astargets for investments, including methods for non-invasivescreening.”

There are 34,000 hospitals in China and 1,000 newhospitals being built each year.  The rate of admissions for CVD inChina is almost twice that of  the United States and Europe, as Chinahas not been as successful in changing people’s habits and thusprovides critical cardiac care (2).

1. (1) Global Burden of CardiovascularDiseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019 : J Am CollCardiol . 2020,Dec, 76 (25) 2982-3021)

2. (2) Epidemiology of CardiovascularDisease in China and Opportunities for Improvement: J Am Coll Cardiol . 2019,Jun , 73 (24) 3135–3147

About Ventripoint DiagnosticsLtd.

Ventripoint has become anindustry leader in the application of AI (Artificial Intelligence) toechocardiography. Ventripoint's VMS products are powered by itsproprietary KBR technology, which is the result of a decade ofdevelopment and provides accurate volumetric cardiac measurementsequivalent to MRI. This affordable, gold-standard alternative allowscardiologists greater confidence in the management of their patients.Providing better care to patients serves as a springboard and basicstandard for all of Ventripoint's products that guide our futuredevelopments. In addition, VMS+ is versatile and can be used with allultrasound systems from any vendor supported by regulatory marketapprovals in the U.S., Europe and Canada.

For further information, pleasecontact:

Dr. George Adams

Email :gadams@ventripoint.com

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