The balloon pump can help improve the heart’s ability to pump blood as it needs to. Through a surgical procedure, the device is inserted through your leg into the heart. This is a short-term solution ...

More than 2,000 heart balloon pumps are part of a Class I recall issued by the FDA. The two models being recalled — Cardiosave Hybrid and Rescue pumps made by Datascope, a subsidiary of Getinge — have ...

PARIS — Early implantation of an intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) in patients with decompensated heart failure (HF) and low output provided more effective treatment than inotropic agents in a small ...

Announcing a new article publication for Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications journal. An intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) is the device most frequently used as a bridge to surgical repair in ...