Advanced Impella® SmartAssist® System for Patient Monitoring & Treatment: The Smart Pump Study
Advanced Impella® SmartAssist® System for Patient Monitoring & Treatment: The Smart Pump Study
To demonstrate that the Impella® Hemodynamic Platform (the "Study Device") is safe, and measurements obtained are as good as currently used methods. These measurements include how much pressure the heart is generating and how much blood your heart is pumping during the PCI.
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
Any contraindication or inability to place an Impella® including tortuous vascular anatomy, femoral bruits or absent pedal pulses
Cardiogenic shock defined as systemic hypotension (SBP<90mmHg or the need for inotropes/vasopressors to maintain an SBP >90mmHg) plus one of the following:
Suspected systemic active infection
Suspected or known pregnancy
Known contraindication to heparin, pork, pork products, or contrast media
Subject has other medical, social, or psychological problems that, in the opinion of the Investigator, compromises the subject's ability to give written informed consent and/or to comply with study procedures
Participation in the active treatment or follow-up phase of another clinical study of an investigational drug or device which has not reached its primary end point.
Subject belongs to a vulnerable population [Vulnerable subject populations are defined as individuals with mental disability, persons in nursing homes, children, impoverished persons, homeless persons, nomads, refugees, and those permanently incapable of giving informed consent. Vulnerable populations also may include members of a group with a hierarchical structure such as university students, subordinate hospital and laboratory personnel, employees of the Sponsor, members of the armed forces, and persons kept in detention