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.
The total Vietnamese-speaking population of the world is estimated to be around 68 million (Ethnologue). It is thought that the ancestor of Vietnamese originated in the area of the Red River in what is now northern Vietnam and that it subsequently spread into central and southern portions of the area.