July 18, 2014. Per the manufacturer (Abiomed), the ImpellaÂ® Heart Device/ Circulatory Support System is a: minimally invasive percutaneous catheter based support device, designed to provide partial circulatory support.
According to the 2011 census, Canada has 157,450 people who identify as ethnically Vietnamese. The majority of Vietnamese Canadians reside in the provinces of Ontario and Quebec, with some having lived in Quebec before 1975.
(Photo: Jeremy Brooks) The Vietnamese immigrant population in the United States, which was a small one prior to 1975, has grown significantly, roughly doubling every decade between 1980 and 2000, and then increasing 26 percent in the 2000s.