PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CardiacAssist Inc. announced today that it will exhibit its TandemHeart® System in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., at the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) 46th Annual Meeting that begins next week. TandemHeart can be placed rapidly in the cath lab or operating room, providing the most flexible and powerful percutaneous device for temporary circulatory support for critically ill patients. TandemHeart is now being used in nearly 90% of the “Best U.S. Heart & Heart Surgery Hospitals” as ranked by U.S. News & World Report—with more than 1,800 TandemHeart procedures performed to date at nearly 150 hospitals across the U.S.
