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Living with interventional cardiology

Stories from people navigating interventional cardiology — diagnosis, treatment, caregiving, and the ordinary days in between.

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An automated Impella controller undergoing an identification-label check in a hospital cardiac procedure area.

Cardiology

Impella Controller Recall: Immediate Cath Lab Checks

Cardiac procedural teams should reconcile every automated Impella controller against the FDA-listed removal, including units in use, storage, transport kits and biomedical engineering custody.

Rayan Salih · November 11, 2026 · 7 min

A packaged structural heart catheter beside an inventory checklist in a catheterization laboratory.

Innovation & Devices

PiCardia ShortCut Recall Flags Positioning-Arm Risk

An FDA Class 2 recall addresses possible positioning-arm detachment in affected PiCardia ShortCut transfemoral catheters. Structural heart programs should reconcile inventory, procedure plans and prior use.

Rayan Salih · 6 min read

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