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2. Hemopump - Wikipedia

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   The pump was designed to allow for temporary support of a dying heart. It is a continuous flow pump, it does not need to be synced to the rhythm of the heart. It assists in temporary heart stimulation with conditions such as cardiogenic shock following acute myocardial infarction, heart failure from cardio pulmonary bypass, and more. The pump ...

3. Ventricular assist device - Wikipedia

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   Bleeding events may require massive blood transfusions and incur certain risks including infection, pulmonary insufficiency, increased costs, right heart failure, allosensitization, and viral transmission, which can prove fatal or preclude transplantation. [64] When bleeding occurs, it impacts the one year Kaplan-Meier mortality. [63]

4. Protected percutaneous coronary intervention - Wikipedia

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   During a protected percutaneous coronary intervention (Protected PCI) procedure, "the Impella 2.5 heart pump helps maintain a stable heart function by pumping blood for the heart. This gives a weak heart muscle an opportunity to rest and reduces the heart’s workload, preventing the heart from being overstressed by the procedure as coronary ...

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6. Impella - Wikipedia

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   Impella heart pumps are percutaneous microaxial pumps that act as mechanical circulatory support devices in patients in need of hemodynamic support. [11] The pumps are mounted on support catheters and typically inserted through the femoral artery, although axillary and subclavian artery approaches are not uncommon. [12]

7. Modesto hospital uses miniature heart pump to save mother’s ...

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   This rare type of heart failure starts in the last month of pregnancy or within five months after the birth. With treatment, more than 50% of patients recover in less than six months, according to ...

8. Thoratec - Wikipedia

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   With the 2001 Thermo Cardiosystems merger, Thoratec acquired the HeartMate Left Ventricular Assist System, an implanted VAD for end-stage heart patients. A landmark three-year study of 129 patients at 22 major medical centers, called REMATCH (Randomized Evaluation of Mechanical Assistance for the Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure) and published in November 2001, found that the HeartMate VE ...

9. New warnings about heart pumps linked to 49 deaths - AOL

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   The pumps, left-sided Impella heart pumps made by Johnson & Johnson MedTech’s Abiomed, have been linked to more than 100 serious injuries, including 49 deaths.