Right Heart Failure
Clinical Evidence
Overview
Impella RP heart pump is the most studied right-sided device and the only percutaneous technology with FDA approval designating it as safe and effective for right-heart support. Its exclusive FDA approval is a result of more than eight years of clinical studies.
RECOVER RIGHT: Safety & Efficacy
73% overall survival-to-discharge at 30 days1
All patients discharged were alive at 180 days1
Sustained hemodynamic improvement after Impella RP® heart pump support1
- Increase in cardiac index (CI)
- Decrease in central venous pressure (CVP)
Fewer benchmark adverse events at 30 days1 compared to other RVAD studies
- Death, bleeding, hemolysis
- Neurologic dysfunction and limb ischemia
National Cardiogenic Shock Initiative (NCSI) Study Findings Regarding Right Ventricular Dysfunction
Babar Basir, DO, discusses findings on right heart dysfunction from the NCSI Study.
References
Anderson MB, et al. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2015; 34(12):1549-1560
NPS-1326