March 5, 2012 — SynCardia Systems Inc., manufacturer of the world’s first and only U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Health Canada and Conformité Européenne (CE) approved Total Artificial Heart, announced that 18-year-old Jordan Merecka was successfully bridged to a heart transplant at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, Texas, after 160 days of support with the SynCardia temporary Total Artificial Heart.

March 5, 2012 — Emerge Clinical Solutions announced its strategic relationship with MedAxiom, a comprehensive subscription-based service provider and information resource exclusively for cardiology practices.

March 5, 2012 — Baxter International Inc. announced that it initiated a phase III pivotal clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of adult autologous (individual’s own) CD34+ stem cells to increase exercise capacity in patients with chronic myocardial ischemia (CMI).

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