CardiacAssist, Inc.
CardiacAssist Announces 1500th TandemHeart Procedure - Now Used in 100 of Nation’s Top Cardiac Centers
Published in Hospital Business Week, February 1st, 2009
CardiacAssist, Inc. has announced the completion of the 1,500th worldwide procedure utilizing the TandemHeart System. This is indicative of TandemHeart’s increasing acceptance and use by cardiologists and surgeons. The TandemHeart is unique in helping heart failure patients survive both heart attacks and high risk procedures, while providing versatility to physicians in choosing the time, place and type of treatments. Over 800 procedures have been performed in the last 24 months alone.
A case performed recently at Texas Heart Institute pushed CardiacAssist over the 1,500 case mark. As the most frequent user of the TandemHeart, the commitment of the Texas Heart Institute...
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