There are new and revised warnings about the instructions for use of a certain type of heart pump that could lead to a risk of heart perforation, according to an alert issued by the pump's ...

The Impella reduces the heart’s workload while supplying blood and oxygen to other vital organs.

Abiomed updated warnings on more than 60,000 Impella Left Sided Heart Pumps because the device might cut the wall of the heart’s left ventricle, the FDA said March 21. After 129 serious injuries, ...