Michael Amponsah, M.D., FACC, an interventional cardiologist at...
Hemodynamic Support Devices
This hemodynamic support systems include intra-aortic balloon pumps (IABP), percutaneous ventricular assist devices (pVAD) like the Impella or tandemheart, and ventricular assist devices (VAD).
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The scientific journal Nature recently published an article from Munich University Hospital which describes the long-term survival of baboons that had received a heart transplant from genetically...
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Navin Kapur, M.D., discusses the results of the FDA STEMI Door-to-Unloading (DTU) safety and...
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November 5, 2018 — The U.S.
Sponsored Content | Videos | Hemodynamic Support Devices | December 13, 2018
News | Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumps (IABP) | November 05, 2018
November 5, 2018 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is evaluating recent reports of Getinge's Maquet/...
A patient who received the HeartMate III LVAD system showing off his external battery pack. He served as a patient ambassador in the Abbott booth at ACC 2018. The HeartMate III, with its magnetic levitated pump, showed a big reduction in clotting over previous LVADs in a key late-breaking trial at ACC earlier this year.
Feature | Heart Failure | October 19, 2018
October 19, 2018 — Abbott announced today that the HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) has received U....
News | Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumps (IABP) | September 24, 2018
Getinge Issues Worldwide Voluntary Correction of Maquet/Getinge Cardiosave Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump
September 24, 2018 — Getinge is voluntarily initiating a worldwide recall involving a field correction of...
News | Hemodynamic Support Devices | September 20, 2018
September 19, 2018 — Abiomed Inc. announces its initiatives at the 30th Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (...
Sponsored Content | Videos | Cath Lab | September 19, 2018
William O’Neill, M.D., outlines his recent clinical publication of AMICS patients from the Impella Quality (IQ)...
Videos | Hemodynamic Support Devices | September 22, 2018
There was a 77 percent increase in survival in cardiogenic shock patients treated using a new protocol in the...
Videos | Hemodynamic Support Devices | August 31, 2018
Behnam Tehrani, M.D., FSCAI, director of the cardiac cath lab, INOVA Heart and Vascular Institute, Fairfax, Va.,...
Technology | Ventricular Assist Devices (VAD) | July 17, 2018
July 17, 2018 — Medtronic plc recently received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for a less-invasive...
Image courtesy of CorWave
News | Ventricular Assist Devices (VAD) | July 11, 2018
July 11, 2018 — French-based CorWave announced that its CALYPSO program has received 14 million euros to develop...
Two versions of the Abiomed Impella percutaneous ventricular assist device displayed at ACC 2018. Impella is the only device that currently has a FDA indication for use in cardiogenic shock.
Feature | Hemodynamic Support Devices | July 08, 2018 | Emmanouil S. Brilakis, M.D., Ph.D., FSCAI and Srihari S. Naidu, M.D., FSCAI
Cardiogenic shock (CS) is a low-cardiac-output state resulting in life-threatening end-organ hypoperfusion and hypoxia...
