Category Archives: Ventricular Assist Devices

Implantable minature ventricular assist devices

As the society is aging, the number of persons with heart failure are also increasing. Many of them with severe heart failure require cardiac transplantation as the final [..]

Ventricular Assist Devices

Impella percutaneous left ventricular assist device

Impella LP2.5 manufactured by Abiomed-Impella CardioSystems GmbH, Aachen, Germany is percutaneous left ventricular assist device. It uses a catheter-based miniaturized rotary blood pump, that is placed retrogradely through [..]

Angiography and Interventions, Ventricular Assist Devices