Guest: Michael P. Siegenthaler, MD
Host: Matthew J. Sorrentino, MD, FACC, FASH
Dr. Michael Siegenthaler, associate professor of surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, describes the Impella 2.5 system: a percutaneously-placed ventricular-assist device, now approved for high risk coronary interventions, that has earned the moniker, 'world's smallest heart pump.' Dr. Matthew Sorrentino hosts.