Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Risk for death was lower with the pump vs. standard care only, but incidence of adverse events was elevated. The ...

After demonstrating last year that its miniaturized heart pumps could improve survival shortly after a serious heart attack, Johnson & Johnson MedTech has now shown that the benefits from its Impella ...

Longer times from symptom onset to randomization equaled a smaller—or perhaps no—advantage for Impella vs standard care.

Implantation of the Impella CP micro-axial flow pump in the hours after a heart attack significantly increased the rate of survival at six months among people suffering cardiogenic shock, according to ...

Implantation of the Impella CP micro-axial flow pump in the hours after a heart attack significantly increased the rate of survival at six months among people suffering cardiogenic shock, according to ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Abiomed is recalling specific Impella 5.5 left ventricular device systems due to product leakage. The FDA ...

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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 ...

The issue of faulty Automated Impella Controllers was elevated to a class I recall by the FDA, following five serious injuries. The agency also revised the label for fenofibrates to remove language ...

An FDA alert warned of Abiomed's Automated Impella Controller potentially not detecting an Impella pump when connected. The BMI-breast cancer link appeared especially strong in postmenopausal women ...