Cardica to Present at Jefferies 2nd Annual Healthcare Conference

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., June 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cardica, Inc.
(Nasdaq: CRDC) today announced that Bernard A. Hausen, M.D., Ph.D., the
company's president and chief executive officer, is scheduled to present at
the Jefferies 2nd Annual Healthcare Conference on Thursday, June 26, 2008, at
12:30 p.m. Eastern Time. The conference will be held at the Mandarin
Oriental, New York.
To access the live and subsequently archived webcast of the presentation,
go to the Investor Relations section of the company's website at
http://www.cardica.com. Please connect to the website at least 15 minutes
prior to the presentation to allow for any necessary software downloads.
About Cardica
Cardica is a leading provider of automated anastomosis systems for
coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. By replacing hand-sewn sutures
with easy-to-use automated systems, Cardica's products provide cardiovascular
surgeons with rapid, reliable and consistently reproducible anastomoses, or
connections of blood vessels, often considered the most critical aspect of the
CABG procedure. Cardica's C-Port(R) Distal Anastomosis Systems are marketed
in Europe and the United States. The PAS-Port(R) Proximal Anastomosis System
is marketed in Europe and Japan, and Cardica has submitted a 510(k) premarket
notification for clearance to market the PAS-Port system in the United States.
Cardica also is developing additional devices with Cook Medical to facilitate
vascular closure and other surgical procedures.
SOURCE Cardica, Inc.

Bob Newell, Vice President, Finance and Operations, Chief Financial Officer,
+1-650-331-7133, investors@cardica.com; or Daryl Messinger of WeissComm
Partners, Inc., +1-415-999-2361, dmessinger@wcpglobal.com, for Cardica, Inc.