A pricey high-tech pump that maintains blood flow during heart procedures could be more dangerous to patients than its low-tech predecessor, a pair of recent studies finds. The Impella device is ...

The Medical Center at Bowling Green performed its 500th procedure using a minimally invasive heart pump. This procedure ...

The Impella reduces the heart’s workload while supplying blood and oxygen to other vital organs.

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, ...

Impella 2.5 is the Only FDA-Approved Percutaneous Hemodynamic Support Device Determined to be Safe and Effective for the High Risk PCI Indication DANVERS, MA – Abiomed, Inc., a leading provider of ...

Hackensack Meridian Health’s Hackensack University Medical Center performed its first cardiovascular surgery procedures using a new heart pump called the Impella 5.5 with SmartAssist from Abiomed Inc.

A new life-saving technology was used during a heartfelt reunion thanks to the world’s smallest heart pump, Impella, giving patients a second chance at life ...

At Abiomed's European headquarters in Aachen, Germany, Impella heart pumps have been developed and produced for more than 20 years to stabilize and recover the human heart. The single access procedure ...

DANVERS, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted breakthrough device designation to Abiomed’s (NASDAQ: ABMD) Impella ECP expandable percutaneous heart ...