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                UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
  
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                                    FORM 8-K
                                 CURRENT REPORT
  
  
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  
  
  
                        Date of Report: December 24, 1998
              (Date of earliest event reported: December 24, 1998)
  
                        Commission File Number:  0-22419
  
                                  CARDIMA, INC.
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
  
  
  
                 Delaware                              94-3177883
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  (State of incorporation or organization)       (IRS Employer I.D. No.)
  
  
                  47266 Benicia Street, Fremont, CA 94538-7330
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                    (Address of principal executive offices)
  
                                  (510)354-0300
                                  -------------
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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  Item 5. Other Events
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       On December 24, 1998, Cardima, Inc. mailed to its stockholders the
  communication attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by reference.
                                   ---------                                      
  
       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
  Registrant has duly caused this report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by
  the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
                                       CARDIMA, INC.
  
  
                                       By:  /s/ Phillip Radlick, Ph.D.
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                                            Phillip Radlick, Ph.D.
                                            President and Chief Executive Officer
  
  Date: December 24, 1998
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text: UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
  
                                ----------------
  
                                    FORM 8-K
                                 CURRENT REPORT
  
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  
                        Date of Report: December 24, 1998
              (Date of earliest event reported: December 24, 1998)
  
                        Commission File Number:  0-22419
  
                                  CARDIMA, INC.
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
  
                 Delaware                              94-3177883
                 --------                              ----------
  (State of incorporation or organization)       (IRS Employer I.D. No.)
  
                  47266 Benicia Street, Fremont, CA 94538-7330
                  --------------------------------------------
                    (Address of principal executive offices)
  
                                  (510)354-0300
                                  -------------
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
  Item 5. Other Events
          ------------
  
       On December 24, 1998, Cardima, Inc. mailed to its stockholders the
  communication attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by reference.
                                   ---------                                      
  
       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
  Registrant has duly caused this report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by
  the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
                                       CARDIMA, INC.
  
                                       By:  /s/ Phillip Radlick, Ph.D.
                                          --------------------------------
                                            Phillip Radlick, Ph.D.
                                            President and Chief Executive Officer
  
  Date: December 24, 1998