When Better Pumps Hurt Blood: The Hidden Paradox in Heart Support Devices
A new computational study reveals that hydraulically efficient suction-type micro-axial heart pumps can inflict more blood damage than their discharge-type ...
Tag: mechanical circulatory support
Tiny Heart Pump Buys Time in Deadly Device Infection Case
Japanese physicians report using an axillary Impella 5.5 microaxial flow pump to stabilize a man in septic and cardiogenic shock ...
Bloodless ECMO Rescue: A Cardiac Arrest Survival Without a Single Transfusion
A case report describes how clinicians successfully resuscitated a Jehovah's Witness in cardiogenic shock using ECMO and a valve procedure ...
Heparin-Free Purge Solutions May Keep Impella Pumps Running During ECMO Support
A small Mayo Clinic study finds that anticoagulant-free Impella purge solutions maintained device function during combined ECMO and Impella support, ...
Dual ECMO and Impella Strategy Enables Emergency Mitral Valve Replacement in Shock
Japanese surgeons report using combined veno-venous ECMO and a directly implanted Impella 5.5 pump to enable emergency mitral valve replacement ...
Artificial Heart Strategy Saves Toddler With Rare Genetic Heart Failure Before Transplant
Surgeons in Osaka report using a staged biventricular assist device strategy to keep a toddler with Barth syndrome alive long ...
Sudden Drop in Pump Flow May Signal Early HeartMate 3 Clot Formation
A Japanese case report shows that an abrupt decline in HeartMate 3 pump flow can be the earliest warning of ...
Body Size Alone Predicts Who Needs a Lower HeartMate 3 Alarm Limit, Study Finds
A Japanese study of 127 HeartMate 3 recipients found that a preoperative body surface area below 1.43 square meters strongly ...
Magnetostatic Pumping Enhances ECMO Efficiency Ex Vivo
In a groundbreaking study published in 2026, researchers led by Zolala et al. unveil a novel technique known as magnetostatic ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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