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Study: High-tech Impella circulatory pump may increase risk of death and bleeding
▫️A new national study finds that use of the Impella circulatory support device is associated with higher rates of death and major bleeding than a common alternative, especially among patients with acute myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock who are implanted with mechanical circulatory support devices.
▫️The Impella device supports a patient's heart by removing blood from the left ventricle and delivering it into the aorta.
▫️Mechanical circulatory support devices, including the Impella and the intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP), may be implanted in patients to support and augment their cardiac function.
▫️The study appears in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Study: High-tech Impella circulatory pump may increase risk of death and bleeding
▫️A new national study finds that use of the Impella circulatory support device is associated with higher rates of death and major bleeding than a common alternative, especially among patients with acute myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock who are implanted with mechanical circulatory support devices.
▫️The Impella device supports a patient's heart by removing blood from the left ventricle and delivering it into the aorta.
▫️Mechanical circulatory support devices, including the Impella and the intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP), may be implanted in patients to support and augment their cardiac function.
▫️The study appears in the Journal of the American Medical Association.