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

Abiomed (NASDAQ: ABMD) announces the results of PROTECT III, the ongoing, prospective, single-arm FDA post-approval study for the PMA approval of Impella 2.5 and Impella CP in high-risk PCI. PROTECT ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Frederick Health will soon implement "the world's smallest heart pump" into its procedures, which is expected to reduce risks and ...

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 ...

DANVERS, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Abiomed (NASDAQ: ABMD) announces the first two patients have been treated with the Impella ECP expandable percutaneous heart pump. Impella ECP is the smallest heart ...

Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Abiomed recalled its Impella left sided blood pumps for risk that the devices could perforate the heart during a procedure. The recall began on Dec. 27 with Abiomed ...

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 ...

With only a 50% survival rate, the heart attack complication known as cardiogenic shock is one of the direst challenges faced by emergency room and ICU clinicians. A dangerous sudden worsening in ...

On Thursday, Johnson & Johnson’s (NYSE:JNJ) Abiomed said it is recalling its Impella Left Sided Blood Pumps because the pump catheter may perforate (cut) the wall of the left ventricle in the heart.