Second Heart Assist today announced data from a study highlighting the performance of its Whisper device against a ...

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 ...

The Impella RP Flex with SmartAssist System Catheter is used for up to 14 days in patients with acute right failure after left ventricular assist device implantation. There have been no reported ...

Presented last year at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) 2024 Scientific Session and published simultaneously in the New England Journal of Medicine, the trial showed that routine use of the ...

We had to act, or she would die." The Impella is similar to a very large catheter. It is inserted into the leg or groin through an incision, then threaded via the femoral artery into the left ...

The published research performed at Texas Heart Institute (THI) involved testing five Whisper™ devices at 10,000 RPM and a comparator Impella CP® at approximately 44,133 RPM, necessary to match ...

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, pulmonary embolisms are seen more frequently, according to the director of the Independence ...

The renovation of the catheterization laboratory at Butler Memorial Hospital is nothing but good news for people whose closest health care facility is the hospital. According to the U.S. Centers for ...