that’s funny, I was at the impella web page and they said it was inserted under normal open chest procedures. had a graphic of an open chested patient.
I wonder if this just means they could do it either way.
“that’s funny, I was at the impella web page and they said it was inserted under normal open chest procedures. had a graphic of an open chested patient.
I wonder if this just means they could do it either way.”
Check the date on the page. It still could be done either way but more and more they are doing things with the heart through angioplasty. I just had two aortic anuerysms repaired two weeks ago through angioplasty. It is quite fascinating. I was blown away. Two small incisions in the groin. Walked out of the hospital two days after the ‘procedure’. ( They no longer refer to this as ‘surgery’. ) No pain associated with the incisions. It still amazes me even while still ‘healing’.