Education Library

The PROTECT IV RCT will leverage advancements in technology and best practices learned since the completion of the PROTECT II RCT and the FDA pre-market approval for Impella 2.5® for high-risk PCI. 

This Impella® Skills video demonstrates how to reposition the Impella CP® with SmartAssist® or the Impella 5.5® with SmartAssist® using the Repositioning Guide. 

This Impella skills video demonstrates the insertion steps for the Impella CP with SmartAssist.

This live case highlights high-risk PCI involving a calcified graft lesion treated with orbital atherectomy and stenting with Impella heart pump hemodynamic support.

This Impella skills video describes the single-access technique for the Impella CP and Impella CP with SmartAssist.

Jörn Tongers, MD, discusses early combined mechanical circulatory support with an Impella heart pump and VA ECMO in patients with refractory cardiogenic shock. 

This Impella skills video demonstrates how to enter cardiac output into the Automated Impella Controller™ for Impella CP® with SmartAssist® and Impella 5.5® with SmartAssist®.

Scott Silvestry, MD, and a panel of surgeons take a comprehensive look at post-cardiotomy cardiogenic shock and its management today.

Kiyotake Ishikawa, MD, discusses his paper on the impact of Impella on dissected coronary artery hemodynamics in a porcine model.

Christophe Vandenbriele, MD, discusses data on combining Impella® with MitraClip to optimize outcomes in cardiogenic shock with acute severe mitral regurgitation secondary to AMI.

Dave Weber, PhD, reviews how SmartAssist technology determines and tracks trends in cardiac output (CO) and cardiac power output (CPO) and how these metrics can be used to guide a successful Impella® heart pump weaning procedure.

These checklists include steps to perform pre-insertion, during insertion, post-insertion, prior to leaving the OR, and daily in the ICU

TTE videos of proper and improper Impella CP® position

Advanced Impella® Trainer, Jason Richard, provides an overview of the Impella 5.5 with SmartAssist for physicians.

Matthew G. Whitbeck, MD, describes how the RAILWAY Sheathless Access System can be used with the single access technique.