When he was 25 years old, Thorsten Siess, a mechanical engineering student at the University of Aachen in Germany had an idea: What if there was a way to keep the heart pumping blood during surgery or ...
ROCHESTER, Minn. — With only a 50% survival rate, the heart attack complication known as cardiogenic shock is one of the direst challenges faced by emergency room and ICU clinicians. A dangerous ...
More Impella left-sided blood pumps are under Class I recall, this time for potential interactions with transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) stents, the FDA announced Thursday. The affected ...
Use of two high-risk cardiovascular devices—the Watchman (Boston Scientific) left atrial appendage occluder and the Impella (Abiomed) left ventricular assist device—is highest in the United States ...
For Abiomed’s beleaguered family of Impella heart pumps, Class I recalls are becoming a monthly event. The devices have racked up their third recall in as many months, the latest of which focuses on ...
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 ...
DANVERS, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for Impella RP to include patients suffering from COVID-19 related ...
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 ...