Hemodynamic Support Devices

This hemodynamic support systems channel includes content on intra-aortic balloon pumps (IABP), percutaneous ventricular assist devices (pVAD) like the Impella or TandemHeart, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), and ventricular assist devices (VAD). This channel also includes use of these devices in support of patients in cardiogenic shock and advanced heart failure.

The Aortix intra-aortic axial flow pump offers hemodynamic support to relieve some of the heart’s workload, allowing the heart to recover while more effectively pushing blood flow to the kidneys.

News | Heart Failure

Cardiologists at Henry Ford Are First in U.S. to Implant Aortix Heart Pump to Treat Heart Failure

June 7, 2021 – Cardiologists at Henry Ford Hospital are first in the U.S. and second in the world to implant a ...

June 07, 2021

ECMO unit in use to support a severely ill patient at the University of Michigan. ECMO was shown to imporve survival and neuro outcomes in sudden cardiac arrest patients who do not respond to standard therapy.

Feature | Sudden Cardiac Arrest

ECMO Increased Survival in Refractory Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

May 19, 2021 — A subgroup of patients who experienced an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) that did not respond to ...

May 19, 2021

A nurse checking an ECMO system being used to support a critically ill COVID-19 patient at Banner Health in Phoenix. ECMO can offer both hemodynamic support and oxygenation for COVID patients who otherwise cannot get enough pulmonary support from ventilators, or are in danger of organ failure.

News | ECMO Systems

May 4, 2021 – A new study, presented today at the 2021 American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) 101st annual ...

May 04, 2021

The Abiomed Impella percutaneous heart pump was shown in the NCSI study to greatly improve survival of acute myocardial infarction with cardiogenic shock (AMICS), raising survival from 50 percent to 71 percent. Ambulance image from Getty Images.

Feature | Cardiogenic Shock | By Dave Fornell, Editor

National Cardiogenic Shock Initiative Protocol Shows 71 Percent Survival

April 29, 2021 — The results of a large, national heart attack study show that patients with cardiogenic shock survived ...

April 29, 2021

Videos | Ventricular Assist Devices (VAD)

VIDEO: New LVAD Designed to Prevent Hemolysis and Clots

Surgeons at Penn State Heart and Vascular Institute were the second group in the nation to implant a newly-designed ...

March 22, 2021

The Teleflex Manta large-bore vascular closure device can seal holes between 12 and 25 French.

Feature | Hemostasis Management | Dave Fornell, Editor

Large Bore Closure in Structural Heart Interventions

While many cardiac and vascular procedures have largely moved to minimally invasive techniques, the size of these ...

March 09, 2021

LVAD patient Richard Huggins with the external control and power unit for his new EvaHeart2 left ventricular assist device at Penn State Health's Hershey Medical Center.

News | Heart Failure

Hershey Medical Center Second in the Nation to Implant EvaHeart2 LVAD

March 2, 2021 — Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center became the second hospital in the nation to implant a ...

March 02, 2021

News | Ventricular Assist Devices (VAD)

Medtronic Recalls HVAD Pump Implant Kits After 2 Deaths and 19 Serious Injuries

March 1, 2021 — Medtronic is recalling the HeartWare Ventricular Assist Device (HVAD) Pump Implant Kit because the left ...

March 01, 2021

The first COVID-19 patient in the world was supported by the new Abiomed Breethe OXY-1 System at Hackensack University Medical Center.

News | ECMO Systems

Hackensack University Medical Center First Hospital in the World to Use New ECMO Technology to Treat COVID-19

February 25, 2021 — The first COVID-19 patient in the world was supported by the new Abiomed Breethe OXY-1 System, an ...

February 25, 2021

Two types of cardiac output monitoring. Left, is the lithium dilution technology is used to monitor and optimize hemodynamics. Show here is the LiDCOplus technology. Right, an example of an invasive pulmonary artery (PA) catheter used for invasive right heart hemodynamic monitoring.

Feature | Hemodynamic Monitoring Systems

Trends in Cardiac Output Monitoring Device Technologies

The overall trend in the cardiac output monitoring market is a movement toward noninvasive or minimally monitoring ...

February 23, 2021

Videos | ECMO Systems

VIDEO: COVID Survivor on ECMO in Hospital 152 Days Reunited With Clinicians Who Saved Her

An emotional reunion with COVID-19 patient Crystal Gutierrez and the clinicians and cardiologist who saved her life at ...

February 16, 2021

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

COVID Mother Reunited With Caregivers After Saving Her Live With ECMO

February 16, 2021 — Crystal Gutierrez, a young mother who earlier in 2020 fell seriously ill from the effects of COVID ...

February 16, 2021

The FineHeart Transcutaneous Energy Transfer (TET) System for the ICOMS cardiac assist device. 1. The ICOMS heart pump. 2. The implanted TET transfer pad. 3. The external energy transfer pad.

News | Heart Failure

Wireless Transcutaneous Energy Transfer (TET) System for Powering a LVAD is Successful

January 13, 2021 — FineHeart, a preclinical-stage medical device company developing a novel left ventricular assist ...

January 13, 2021

COVID-19 related topics by far out-paced all other topics in cardiology in 2020 on the DAIC website. Several stories topped the list related to the cardiovascular issues with hydroxychloroquine being used as a treatment for the virus. Top new device technologies in 2020 included European approval of the Abbott Tendyne transcatheter mitral valve, FDA approval of Medtronic's new Micra AV pill-sized pacemaker, and FDA clearance of the first drug-eluting stent with short-duration dual-antiplatelet therapy.

Feature | Dave Fornell, Editor