Education Library

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.

Benedikt Schrage, MD, is one of the first to publish his experience with ECMO and Impella®—a combination known as “ECpella”.

Complete hemodynamic profiling is associated with lower in-hospital mortality.

Thom Dahle, MD, performs a percutaneous axillary Impella®-supported high-risk PCI procedure recorded live with panel discussion.

Junya Ako, MD, presents the interim analysis of data from 819 patients from the Japanese Registry for Percutaneous VAD (J-PVAD).

Francesco Burzotta, MD, discusses the clinical impact of revascularization extent in Protected PCI.

William O'Neill, MD, shares insights from the National Cardiogenic Shock Initiative (NCSI) Study that are driving improved outcomes in patients with AMI cardiogenic shock.