March 11, 2011 – U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Lantheus Medical Imaging Inc. today reached agreement on a phase 3 clinical trial design to assess myocardial perfusion using flurpiridaz F18 positron emission tomography (PET) imaging in patients with suspected or known coronary artery disease (CAD).

March 11, 2011 – Sildenafil, a drug used to treat erectile dysfunction and pulmonary hypertension, has another possible use – helping children and young adults with congenital heart disease to better tolerate exercise.

March 11, 2011 – Texas Children's has become the world's first pediatric hospital to complete the first phase of certification to implant the SynCardia temporary Total Artificial Heart. The hospital intends to use the device as a bridge to transplant for their patients who received a heart transplant as children and now require mechanical support as a bridge to their second transplant.

March 11, 2011 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a surgical kit that allows neurosurgeons to reroute blood flow around an aneurysm or a tumor in the brain. This should help patients at greater risk of stroke during standard bypass surgery.

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