The balloon pump can help improve the heart’s ability to pump blood as it needs to. Through a surgical procedure, the device is inserted through your leg into the heart. This is a short-term solution ...

PARIS — Early implantation of an intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) in patients with decompensated heart failure (HF) and low output provided more effective treatment than inotropic agents in a small ...

IABP systems are typically inserted within the multidisciplinary environment that is the cardiac catheterization laboratory. The specific role of the physiologist during IABP insertion is to ensure ...

The ingenious device cost just $2 to make, yet works almost as well as its expensive and cumbersome lab counterparts. A simple pressure pump, made from balloons and nylon stockings, means more people ...

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The FDA placed some balloon pumps on its medical device shortage list Dec. 2, which the agency said was because of increased demand and shortage of some of the product’s components. There is a ...

The Cardiosave Hybrid and Cardiosave Rescue intra-aortic balloon pumps (IABPs) have been hit with another recall by the manufacturer (Getinge/Datascope), this time due to damage to the balloon ...

Just a week after Getinge temporarily lost CE mark clearance in Europe for its Cardiosave intra-aortic balloon pumps, the FDA has handed down a Class I recall rating to the devices—the second such ...

A simple pressure pump, made from balloons and nylon stockings, means more people in more places will be able to test water contaminants and blood samples. The ingenious device unveiled in the ...