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Intra Aortic Balloon Pump

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intra-aortic-balloon-pumpIABP Therapy is used in the treatment of cardiogenic shock, acute heart failure, irregular heart rhythms, cardiac surgery, and PCI.

Intra-aortic Balloon Pump (IABP) therapy is the most widely used means of circulatory support for patients with hemodynamic instability resulting from LV Failure. Well known effects of IABP include decrease in afterload that leads to an increase in stroke volume and cardiac output.* Today, insertion of the IAB catheter can be ...

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PLC Medical

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Headquartered in Milford, Massachusetts, PLC Systems Inc. is a medical device company focused on innovative technologies for the cardiac and vascular markets.

PLC’s lead product, RenalGuard®, significantly reduces the onset of Contrast-Induced Nephropathy (CIN) in at-risk patients undergoing certain cardiac and vascular imaging procedures. CIN is a form of acute kidney injury resulting from toxic contrast agents that occurs in 10% to 20% of at-risk patients. RenalGuard is CE-marked and is being sold in Euorope and certain countries around the world. ...

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