February 21, 2022 – Researchers at Michigan Medicine have found a novel method of measuring growth in the body’s largest artery that may help clinicians to identify potentially fatal heart conditions earlier.

January 18, 2022 – Evonik Venture Capital has invested in CircumFix Solutions, a Tennessee-based start-up that has developed a new sternal closure device to improve patient recovery after open chest surgery. The patented orthopedic device, made of a high-performance polymer from Evonik, closes and holds the sternum securely together after surgery. 

February 18, 2022 – Daxor Corporation, the global leader in blood volume measurement technology, has announced new data demonstrating the importance and clinical utility of Daxor’s BVA-100 blood test in heart failure (HF) patients published in the

February 18, 2022 – Front Line Medical Technologies, Inc. today announced the expanded availability and distribution of its COBRA-OS (Control of Bleeding, Resuscitation, Arterial Occlusion System), as U.S. and Canadian hospitals continue to implement the life-saving aortic occlusion device during various surgical and emergency cases.

February 18, 2022 — GE Healthcare has announced that it has received approval from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for additional imaging modalities for its stress agent Rapiscan (Regadenoson).

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February 17, 2022 — While cardiac imaging shows that COVID-19 vaccine–associated myocarditis has a similar pattern as that from other causes, the abnormalities are less severe and result in less functional impairment, suggests a study yesterday in Radiology.


In January, The University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) and the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) successfully executed a groundbreaking porcine heart transplant procedure in a human.


February 16, 2022 – Elixir Medical, a developer of innovative, drug-eluting cardiovascular devices, has announced completion of enrollment in the BIOADAPTOR randomized controlled trial (RCT).

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