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 ...

NEW ORLEANS – The Impella 5.0 and 5.5 left ventricular assist device failed to measure up on outcomes when used for high-risk patients undergoing ventricular tachycardia (VT) ablation therapies, ...

There are new and revised warnings about the instructions for use of a certain type of heart pump that could lead to a risk of heart perforation, according to an alert issued by the pump's ...

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 ...

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 ...

DANVERS, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The versatility and innovation of Abiomed’s (NASDAQ: ABMD) Impella 5.5 with SmartAssist, a minimally-invasive forward flow heart pump, is leading to continued adoption ...

Impella 2.5, the main product for Danvers, MA-based Abiomed Inc., has received FDA premarket approval (PMA) for use in elective and urgent high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedures ...

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 ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved labeling for the Impella 5.0 and Impella LD heart pumps (Abiomed) has been expanded to allow for longer support time in critically ill patients, the ...