The survival rate of right-heart failure patients treated with the Abiomed (NSDQ:ABMD) Impella RP heart pump remained about the same during the latest round of post-approval studies, according to the FDA.
That latest rate of survival 30 days post-explant, post-discharge survival or switch to another therapy rate was 72.7%, or 16 out of 22 patients among those who would have met the enrollment criteria for the premarket clinical studies. This compares with the 73.3% rate among those who met the same criteria and participated in those premarket studies, the agency noted.