Abiomed’s Impella devices show well in Japanese study of cardiogenic shock

Abiomed Inc., has worked the ventricular assist device (VAD) space for a number of years with its Impella series of VADs, and a study coming out of Japan seems to affirm investors’ confidence in these devices. This registry study demonstrated that the combination of Impella devices and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) provides a 30-day survival rate of more than three in four patients with cardiogenic shock, an outcome that is said to support the notion that the native heart tissue can recover from myocarditis, an especially salient consideration for those who contracted the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Source: https://www.bioworld.com/articles/689793-abiomeds-impella-devices-show-well-in-japanese-study-of-cardiogenic-shock?v=preview