This Technology located in the following Hospitals:
- Mouwasat Hospital Dammam
IMPELLA Pump is an artificial pump that is implanted in the catherization through local anesthesia. It helps in blood flowing from the left ventricular to aorta with a view to improving the heart performance and lessening the burden on the heart during the cardiac catherization procedure.
IMPELLA pump is used for high risk patient suffering from:
- Severe drop and worsening in the heart performance.
- Severe coronary arteries thrombosis for patients with severe low performance in the cardiac heart.
Characteristics for IMPELLA Pump used for cardiac catherization:
- Enhancing the cardiac muscle performance.
- Protecting the cardiac muscle during the medical procedure.
- Increasing success chances of the cardiac catherization procedure.
- Reduce the patient exposure to risks.
“IMPELLA Pump was successfully used in a large number of surgeries in Mouwasat Hospitals”