Education Library

March 3, 2021

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®.

March 1, 2021

Sergio Leonardi, MD, and Stefano De Servi, MD, discuss their paper evaluating completeness of revascularization in patients with complex, stable CAD who underwent PCI.

March 1, 2021

Edward Soltesz, MD, describes worldwide experience with the Impella 5.5 with SmartAssist heart pump in this presentation from the 2021 STS annual virtual meeting.

February 26, 2021

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

February 23, 2021

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

February 16, 2021

William O’Neill, MD, Navin Kapur, MD, Amir Kaki, MD, Junya Ako, MD, and Daniel Burkhoff, MD, discuss identification and management of AMI cardiogenic shock in part 1 of this 4-part TAMS virtual event.

February 16, 2021

Jeffrey Marbach, MD, and Haval Chweich, MD, present 3 cases for discussion with William O’Neill, MD, and Navin Kapur, MD, in part 2 of this 4-part TAMS virtual event.

February 16, 2021

Benham Tehrani, MD, Bartley Griffith, MD, and Babar Basir, DO, discuss tailoring therapy to patients in cardiogenic shock in part 3 of this 4-part TAMS virtual event.

February 16, 2021

Following a Q&A session with Daniel Burkhoff, MD, Bartley Griffith, MD, Babar Basir, DO, and Benham Tehrani, MD, Pedro Villablanca, MD, and Michael Kiernan, MD, present patient cases highlighting transfer, escalation and weaning in this final part of the 4-part TAMS virtual event.

February 9, 2021

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

January 7, 2021

Transcaval access can help meet the urgent clinical need for mechanical circulatory support (MCS) for some patients with cardiogenic shock.

December 28, 2020

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.

December 21, 2020

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

December 21, 2020

TTE videos of proper and improper Impella CP® position

December 18, 2020

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