The Latest Cardiac and Vascular News
BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–A pivotal, multi-center clinical trial to explore a promising new therapy to reduce heart failure rates by changing the way heart attack patients are treated is now underway. The first patient has enrolled in the ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Door-to-Unloading […]
DANVERS, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Abiomed (NASDAQ: ABMD) announces initiation of the ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Door-to-Unloading (STEMI DTU) Pivotal Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT), which will explore whether unloading the heart’s left ventricle for 30 minutes with an Impella heart pump prior to opening blocked arteries will […]
DANVERS, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–To mark the five year anniversary of the study by Stretch, et al., on cost and outcomes trends for short-term mechanical circulatory support, Abiomed announces a comprehensive publication review of cost and comparative effectiveness of Impella in high-risk PCI and cardiogenic shock. […]
TOKYO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Abiomed (NASDAQ: ABMD), a leading provider of breakthrough heart support technologies, announces the 1,000th patient has been treated with the Impella heart pump in Japan. The Impella 2.5 and Impella 5.0 heart pumps are approved for the treatment of drug-resistant acute […]
DANVERS, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Abiomed’s (NASDAQ: ABMD) newest heart pump, the Impella 5.5 with SmartAssist, has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) pre-market approval (PMA) for safety and efficacy in the therapy of cardiogenic shock for up to 14 days. Impella 5.5 […]
LAS VEGAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Abiomed (NASDAQ:ABMD) announces that new data from the National Cardiogenic Shock Initiative Study (NCSI) on 171 consecutive AMI cardiogenic shock (AMICS) patients from 35 sites demonstrates 72% survival with 98% native heart recovery at discharge. The patients were treated with the […]
March 18, 2019 07:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time NEW ORLEANS, La.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Abiomed (NASDAQ:ABMD), a leading provider of breakthrough heart support technologies and the maker of the Impella RP heart pump, announces that survival data from the 18 month post-approval study of 42 […]
DANVERS, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–In a milestone for scientific research, Abiomed (NASDAQ: ABMD) has now invested more than $100 million over the past five years in clinical research on the Impella heart pump platform. Abiomed’s commitment to clinical research is detailed on a new webpage that launched today. […]
DANVERS, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Abiomed (NASDAQ:ABMD) has achieved CE Mark for Impella Connect, the first-of-its kind cloud-based technology that enables secure, real-time, remote viewing of the Impella console for physicians and hospital staff from anywhere with Internet connectivity. European CE Mark adds to […]
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 24, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A new analysis of data from Abiomed’s (NASDAQ:ABMD) Impella® Quality (IQ) Database shows a relative increase of 24% in mean survival in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) cardiogenic shock patients since Impella’s cardiogenic shock FDA post-market […]
