Circulatory Support System

Abiomed has issued a recall of the instructions for use for its left-sided blood pumps, as the pump catheter may perforate the wall of the left ventricle or cause free wall rupture, hypertension, lack of blood flow or death.

Getinge announced it is recalling its heart-lung machine emergency drive due to an issue that could prevent the ability of the emergency drive to be cranked.

In high-risk patients undergoing ablation for ventricular tachycardia, use of a mechanical circulatory support device did not improve clinical outcomes, researchers reported at Heart Rhythm 2023.

Evidence suggests that high-risk patients with pulmonary embolism can benefit from surgical management, according to a scientific statement issued by the American Heart Association.

CHICAGO — Early veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for cardiogenic shock did not improve outcomes vs. a conservative strategy allowing for downstream extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in case of further hemodynamic decline, a speaker reported.

Abiomed announced its percutaneous right heart mechanical circulatory support device has received FDA premarket approval for the treatment of acute right HF for up to 14 days.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — In this Healio exclusive, Parth Rali, MD, spotlights education on mechanical circulatory support devices at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

In a cohort of patients who underwent high-risk PCI, mechanical circulatory support with a microaxial blood pump was linked to lower odds of death, MI and cardiogenic shock compared with use of an intra-aortic balloon pump.

A protocol involving early use of invasive hemodynamics and mechanical circulatory support conferred a survival benefit in patients with acute MI and cardiogenic shock, a speaker reported.