The Impella heart pump, the world’s smallest, just received clearance for use in the United States last month, and already makes a difference in people’s lives.
U.S. doctors on the West Coast implanted it for the first time in Las Vegas to help a seventy-year-old man survive a risky heart procedure.
The Impella heart pump does not require surgery to use, which makes the procedure simpler, less invasive and much less risky.
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Scripps Physicians Are First on West Coast to Use World’s Smallest Heart Pump
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