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.
There are nearly 750,000 Canadian Forces and RCMP Veterans; 100,000 Canadian Forces members (Regular and Reserve Forces) and 23,000 members of the RCMP. Doing the math, you get approximately 900,000 and growing. Call it a million for the sake of convenience and you find that 1 in 35 Canadians is a veteran.