Physicians forced to make rapid-fire choices, with limited evidence, in acute myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock (AMICS) finally have what they’ve long been waiting for: positive ...
The Impella heart pump is a small pump that a healthcare professional can insert without surgery. It can help maintain blood flow in people who have CAD, are recovering from cardiogenic shock, or are ...
CLEVELAND — Forty-one-year-old Mark Kader is a husband, father of five, registered nurse, and associate clinical consultant for Abiomed, a medical device company. He's passionate about educating ...
For circulatory support in cardiogenic shock, the best choice between Impella and intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) has been controversial. Now, new data is complicating the debate. Presenting at the ...
DANVERS, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Abiomed (Nasdaq: ABMD) announces the first three patients in the world have been treated with Impella RP Flex with SmartAssist, Abiomed’s newest heart pump for ...
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Florida (WFTS) — February is American Heart Month, and we have an incredible story of survival that happened right here in Tampa. A man suffered a heart attack, coded three times, ...
For patients who have acute MI with cardiogenic shock (AMICS), Medicare claims data aren’t detailed enough to show whether use of the Impella percutaneous microaxial left ventricular assist device ...
DANVERS, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted breakthrough device designation to Abiomed’s (NASDAQ: ABMD) Impella ECP expandable percutaneous heart ...
NEW ORLEANS -- Microaxial flow pump circulatory support with the Impella device during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) didn't help outcomes for complex patients not in cardiogenic shock, two ...