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Discover New Data on Protected PCI versus Bailout PCI

Alexander Truesdell, MD, discusses Protected PCI versus bailout PCI using data from the cVAD Study and the PROTECT III study. 

Tips, Tricks and Techniques for High-Risk PCI

Amir Kaki, MD discusses tips, tricks and techniques for high-risk PCI including access, implant, explant, closure, and complications and sheath management.

Learn How Impella® Affects Hemodynamics

Jo Kajewski, global Impella trainer, uses a bedside monitor simulator to demonstrate how the Impella heart pump affects a patient's hemodynamics.

PROTECT Series of Clinical Studies Provides Mounting Evidence for Impella® Support in High-Risk PCI

This article discusses clinical data from the PROTECT II RCT and the PROTECT III study supporting the use of Impella in high-risk PCI.

Techniques to Reduce Bleeding with Large Bore Access Devices

Amir Kaki, MD, discusses techniques and best practices for access and closure to reduce bleeding and complications with large-bore access devices.

NCSI Study: About 40% of AMICS Patients Develop Right Ventricular Dysfunction

Babar Basir, DO, discusses NCSI study findings on right ventricular dysfunction in AMI cardiogenic shock.

Looking to Clinical Evidence in Cardiogenic Shock

William O’Neill, MD discusses cardiogenic shock treatment in light of the lack of randomized, controlled clinical trial data for cardiogenic shock.

Door-to-Unload (DTU) in STEMI Trial Summary: Pilot Trial and Pivotal Trial Design

Navin K. Kapur, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FAHA, discusses how acute cardiac unloading limits infarct scar formation in the context of the DTU-STEMI Pilot trial and Pivotal trial.

Impella RP® Support for Univentricular Shock

Navin Kapur, MD, uses Impella RP to effectively manage univentricular shock in a patient with right ventricular failure.

Large Bore Femoral and Axillary Closure with Amir Kaki, MD

Amir Kaki, MD, discusses large bore femoral and axillary closure techniques as well as vascular closure devices currently on the market and in the pipeline. 

Alternative Access Sites for Large Bore Procedures with Rajiv Tayal, MD

Rajiv Tayal, MD, discusses axillary access techniques for large bore procedures as well as other alternative access skills for advanced interventional operators.

Assessing Impella® Heart Pump Position with Echocardiography

Echocardiography for assessing Impella position—a discussion with Clinical Support Specialist Michael Galvin, RDCS.

Right Heart Failure and the Impella RP® with SmartAssist® Heart Pump

This FAQ discusses the causes, incidence, and diagnosis of right heart failure and how the Impella RP with SmartAssist heart pump can support the right side of the heart.

What is the STEMI DTU™ Pivotal Trial?  

The STEMI DTU pivotal trial is a prospective, multicenter, two-arm randomized controlled trial that plans to enroll 668 patients undergoing treatment for a STEMI heart attack. 

Impella® Management in the CCU: Inotrope Weaning, Repositioning, Invasive Monitoring, Impella Heart Pumps and ECMO

Three intensivists discuss managing Impella patients in the CCU, focusing on weaning off inotropes, repositioning Impella, invasive monitoring, and use of Impella and ECMO.

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