Education Library

Babar Basir, MD, discusses how hemodynamics can help clinicians decide whether to use mechanical circulatory support (MCS) in patients undergoing high-risk PCI.

Amir Kaki, MD, describes best practices and practical considerations for optimizing care of patients with AMI cardiogenic shock prior to leaving the cath lab.

Navin Kapur, MD, discusses the latest science underlying reperfusion and unloading and how it led to the STEMI-DTU pilot and pivotal trials.

Kate Kearney, MD, discusses studies and strategies for revascularization in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction.

A bicarbonate-based purge solution for Impella® may be a viable alternative to heparin-based purge solution in patients who are heparin-intolerant and when heparin is contraindicated.

A heart team approach and hemodynamic assessment led to timely and effective use of Impella 5.5 with SmartAssist for this patient with PCCS.

Chuck Simonton, MD, discusses the limitations of published papers that use administrative or payer databases as data sources and provides an AMI cardiogenic shock example.

Navin Kapur, MD, discusses clinical evidence to support ‘on-pump’ complex PCI for patients with heart failure.

Manreet Kanwar, MD, discusses the topic of heart recovery: How do we define it? How do we achieve it?

Hady Lichaa, MD, discusses an innovative single-access dry-closure technique with iliac artery angioplasty through the ipsilateral sheath.

Babar Basir, DO, presents the National Cardiogenic Shock Initiative (NCSI) protocol for managing acute myocardial infarction cardiogenic shock (AMICS) at the 2021 HFSA scientific meeting.

This Impella skills video demonstrates how to change the femoral access site dressing in the ICU.

View an animation depicting the primary steps for anterior direct insertion of Impella 5.5 with SmartAssist.

This FAQ addresses thrombus formation and anticoagulation for blood-contacting medical devices, such as the Impella® heart pump.

Learn how to use the Impella repositioning sheath with guidewire access port to insert a 0.035” guidewire to maintain access to the arteriotomy.