September 22, 2021 — A cardiothoracic surgical team with University of Louisville Health – Jewish Hospital has performed the world’s first Carmat Aeson bioprosthetic total...
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.
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Medtronic announced in June it was stopping the sale and distribution of the Medtronic Heartware HVAD...
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June 18, 2021 – An experimental artificial heart includes an autoregulation control mechanism, or Auto-Mode,...
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June 21, 2021 — The U.S.
Cardiothoracic surgeons with UofL Health – Jewish Hospital and the University of Louisville performed the world’s first Carmat Aeson bioprosthetic total artificial heart implantation in a female patient on Sept. 14, 2021. The device was small enough to fit into the woman's smaller chest cavity. The device is being tested as a bridge to heart transplant rather than use of a LVAD. Photo by UofL Health.
News | Heart Failure | September 22, 2021
September 22, 2021 — A cardiothoracic surgical team with University of Louisville Health – Jewish Hospital has...
A nurse at Banner Health in Phoenix, Ariz., enters a room to adjust an ECMO unit being used to support a severely ill COVID-19 patient. A new study finds high levels of moral distress among clinicians who regularly care for patients receiving mechanical circulatory support such as ECMO.
News | ECMO Systems | September 13, 2021
September 13, 2021 — The growing use of mechanical circulatory support (MCS) may contribute to high levels of moral...
Medtronic announced in June it was stopping the sale and distribution of the Medtronic Heartware HVAD left ventricular assist device (LVAD). Abbott announced the same day it has the capacity to meet increased demand for LVADs as Medtronic leaves the market.
Feature | Ventricular Assist Devices (VAD) | July 08, 2021 | By Dave Fornell, Editor
Medtronic announced in June it was stopping the sale and distribution of the Medtronic Heartware HVAD left ventricular...
The Carmat artificial heart technology.
News | Artificial Heart | June 23, 2021
June 18, 2021 – An experimental artificial heart includes an autoregulation control mechanism, or Auto-Mode, that can...
News | Antiplatelet and Anticoagulation Therapies | June 21, 2021
June 21, 2021 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Boehringer Ingelheim's dabigatran etexilate (...
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 | June 07, 2021
June 7, 2021 – Cardiologists at Henry Ford Hospital are first in the U.S. and second in the world to implant a...
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 | May 19, 2021
May 19, 2021 — A subgroup of patients who experienced an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) that did not respond to...
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 04, 2021
May 4, 2021 – A new study, presented today at the 2021 American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) 101st annual...
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 | April 29, 2021 | By Dave Fornell, Editor
April 29, 2021 — The results of a large, national heart attack study show that patients with cardiogenic shock...
Videos | Ventricular Assist Devices (VAD) | March 22, 2021
Surgeons at Penn State Heart and Vascular Institute were the second group in the nation to implant a newly-designed...
The Teleflex Manta large-bore vascular closure device can seal holes between 12 and 25 French.
Feature | Hemostasis Management | March 09, 2021 | Dave Fornell, Editor
While many cardiac and vascular procedures have largely moved to minimally invasive techniques, the size of these...
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 | March 02, 2021
March 2, 2021 — Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center became the second hospital in the nation to implant...
News | Ventricular Assist Devices (VAD) | March 01, 2021
March 1, 2021 — Medtronic is recalling the HeartWare Ventricular Assist Device (HVAD) Pump Implant Kit because the left...
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 | February 25, 2021
February 25, 2021 — The first COVID-19 patient in the world was supported by the new Abiomed Breethe OXY-1 System, an...
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 right heart hemodynamic monitoring.
Feature | Hemodynamic Monitoring Systems | February 23, 2021
The overall trend in the cardiac output monitoring market is a movement toward noninvasive or minimally monitoring...
