The Regional Hospital has unveiled a new Impella Per-ca-taneous Circulatory Assist System.
It is being used at the heart center and is the first of its kind in Atlantic Canada.
The Impella uses a tiny pump that is threaded into the heart to drive blood through the body when a person’s heart has failed.
The device has already saved the life of one patient from the Province during a recent high risk angioplasty.
