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

News | Ventricular Assist Devices (VAD)

February 11, 2019 — Heart failure experts at the National Research Center for Cardiac Surgery in Astana, Kazakhstan ...

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The Abiomed Impella RP had higher than expected mortality in its post approval study, much higher than in its pre-market approval study. The vendor and the FDA believe this might be due to poor patient selection and implanting the device too late to aid the patient.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sent a letter to cardiologists this week to explain its evaluation of high ...

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The startup company Genetesis introduced a new cardiac imaging modalityit calls magnetocardiography. The scanner creates images from the biomagnetic activity of the heart, using the polarization and depolarization of the heart during the cardiac cycle. This was at AHA.18, AHA 2018 - the American Heart Association annual meeting
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Here are a few of the takeaways from the clinical studies presented and new technology shown on the exhibit floor at the ...

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Mark Anderson, M.D., FACS, vice chair of cardiac surgery services and cardiothoracic surgeon at Hackensack University ...

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Michael Amponsah, M.D., FACC, an interventional cardiologist at Mohawk Valley Health System, shares a case of Impella CP ...

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December 11, 2018 — The scientific journal Nature recently published an article from Munich University Hospital which ...

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Navin Kapur, M.D., discusses the results of the FDA STEMI Door-to-Unloading (DTU) safety and feasibility randomized ...

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News | Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumps (IABP)

November 5, 2018 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is evaluating recent reports of Getinge's Maquet ...

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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 — Abbott announced today that the HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) has received U.S ...

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Nevin Kapur, M.D., FAHA, FACC, FSCAI, executive director, Cardiovascular Center for Research and Innovation, Tufts ...

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News | Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumps (IABP)

September 24, 2018 — Getinge is voluntarily initiating a worldwide recall involving a field correction of approximately ...

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September 19, 2018 — Abiomed Inc. announces its initiatives at the 30th Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) ...

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William O’Neill, M.D., outlines his recent clinical publication of AMICS patients from the Impella Quality (IQ) database ...

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Behnam Tehrani, M.D., FSCAI, director of the cardiac cath lab, INOVA Heart and Vascular Institute, Fairfax, Va ...

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