Exhibit 99.1

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Angeion Corporation Reports Improved Revenue and Operating Results
for Fiscal 2011 First-Quarter (Quarter Ended January 31, 2011)

Highlights

ST. PAUL, Minn. — (March 9, 2011) — Angeion Corporation (NASDAQ: ANGN) today reported results for its fiscal first quarter ended January 31, 2011.

For the 2011 first quarter, Angeion reported revenues of $7.1 million, an increase of 6.6% compared to the prior-year first quarter.  Angeion incurred a net loss of ($324,000), or ($0.09) per diluted share, an improvement over the prior-year first quarter net loss of ($826,000), or ($0.20) per diluted share.  Excluding a $418,000 first quarter one-time charge related to the CEO transition and separation, Angeion would have realized a profit of $94,000, or $0.02 per diluted share.

Gross margin grew from 50.9% in the prior year quarter to 56.4% in the current quarter due to manufacturing efficiencies as a result of higher sales volume.

Operating expenses for sales and marketing increased $105,000, due to re-assignment of existing personnel from research and development and staff additions to support revenue growth opportunities.  General and administrative expenses increased by $266,000 including the $418,000 non-recurring CEO transition expense, which was partially offset by $100,000 in reduced equity based compensation costs.  Research and development expenses decreased $278,000 from fiscal 2010 first quarter levels due to personnel re-assignments and reclassification to sales and marketing as well as due to the impact of capitalization of our software-development projects that were expensed during 2010 as part of the product development cycle.

The first fiscal quarter revenues from international operations increased 2.3%, but decreased as a percentage of sales to 27.2%, down from 28.4% for the first fiscal quarter in 2010.

“I was particularly pleased with our first quarter performance following our very strong fiscal 2010 fourth quarter and given that historically, Angeion’s first quarter tends to be our lowest revenue quarter of the year” said Philip I. Smith, Angeion’s President and Chief Executive Officer.  “We believe that a modest improvement in general market conditions contributed to our stronger first-quarter sales.”

Smith continued, “Since becoming CEO two months ago, I have focused on strategies to maximize the opportunities in our product portfolio and on ensuring a high-performance management team.  We have considerable untapped potential in our MEDGRAPHICS business, in the United States and internationally, as well as in our New Leaf business, focused on consumer fitness, primarily in the United States.  My highest priority is to accelerate our plan to take advantage of these opportunities.”

Angeion reported $260,000 in positive operating cash flow in the fiscal 2011 first quarter.  This was partly due to the net loss for the period offset by add-backs for depreciation, amortization and stock-based compensation and changes in working capital.  Cash generated was used to fund the purchase of property, equipment and intangible assets (including software capitalization) of $173,000.  Together with the sale of high grade investments, balance sheet cash increased by $1,386,000 during the quarter.  At January 31, 2011, Angeion had no debt and $10.5 million in cash and investments.

Investor Conference Call

Angeion will hold an investment community conference call today, Wednesday, March 9, 2011, beginning at 4:00 p.m. CST.  Philip I. Smith, President and CEO and Larry R. Degen, Interim CFO, will review first-quarter performance and discuss the Company’s business.  To join the conference call, dial 1-877-941-2332 (International 1-480-629-3723) and provide the conference identification number 4414440 to the operator.

A replay of the conference call will be available one hour after the call ends through 11:59 p.m. CST on Tuesday, March 15, 2011.  To access the replay, dial 1-800-406-7325 (International 1-303-590-3030) and enter passcode: 4414440.

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.

Forward Looking Statements

The discussion above contains forward-looking statements about Angeion’s future financial results and business prospects that by their nature involve substantial risks and uncertainties.  You can identify these statements by the use of words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “project,” “intend,” “plan,” “will,” “target,” and other words and terms of similar meaning in connection with any discussion of future operating or financial performance or business plans or prospects.  Our actual results may differ materially depending on a variety of factors including: (1) national and worldwide economic and capital market conditions; (2) continuing cost-containment efforts in our hospital, clinics, and office market; (3) any changes in the patterns of medical reimbursement that may result from national healthcare reform; (4) our ability to successfully operate our business, including successfully converting our increasing research and development expenditures into new and improved cardiorespiratory diagnostic products and services and selling these products and services under the MedGraphics and New Leaf brand names into existing and new markets; (5) our ability to complete our software development initiative and migrate our MedGraphics and New Leaf platforms to a next generation technology; (6) our ability to maintain our cost structure at a level that is appropriate to our near to mid-term revenue expectations and that will enable us to increase revenues and profitability as opportunities develop; (7) our ability to achieve constant margins for our products and consistent and predictable operating expenses in light of variable revenues from our clinical research customers; (8) our ability to expand our international revenue through our distribution partners and our Milan, Italy representative branch office; (9) our ability to successfully defend ourselves from product liability claims related to our cardiorespiratory diagnostic products and claims associated with our prior cardiac stimulation products; (10) our ability to defend our existing intellectual property and obtain protection for intellectual property we develop in the future; (11) our ability to develop and maintain an effective system of internal controls and procedures and disclosure controls and procedures; (12) our dependence on third-party vendors and (13) the ability of new members of our senior management to make a successful transition into their new roles and for all members of senior management to ultimately develop and implement a strategic plan.  Additional information with respect to the risks and uncertainties faced by the Company may be found in, and the above discussion is qualified in its entirety by, the other risk factors that are described from time to time in the Company’s Securities and Exchange Commission reports, including the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended October 31, 2010.

Contact:       Philip I. Smith, President and Chief Executive Officer, (651) 484-4874

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Consolidated Balance Sheets

January 31, 2011 and October 31, 2010

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