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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Customer
Mar. 31, 2014
Customer
Mar. 31, 2013
Customer
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policy [Line Items]      
Number of customers accounted for more than 10% of total product revenues 0abmd_NumberOfCustomersThatAccountedForMoreThanTenPercentOfRevenueDuringPeriod 0abmd_NumberOfCustomersThatAccountedForMoreThanTenPercentOfRevenueDuringPeriod 0abmd_NumberOfCustomersThatAccountedForMoreThanTenPercentOfRevenueDuringPeriod
Number of customers with an accounts receivable balance greater than 10% of total accounts receivable 0abmd_NumberOfCustomersAccountedForMoreThanTenPercentOfAccountsReceivable 0abmd_NumberOfCustomersAccountedForMoreThanTenPercentOfAccountsReceivable  
Product warranty period 1 year    
Expected dividend yield 0.00%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedDividendRate    
Interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions $ 0abmd_InterestAndPenaltiesRelatedToUncertainTaxPositions    
Maximum      
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policy [Line Items]      
Maturity period of marketable security to be classified as cash equivalent 90 days    
Maturity period of security to be classified as long-term marketable securities 5 years 5 years  
Minimum      
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policy [Line Items]      
Maturity period of security to be classified as marketable securities 90 days    
Maturity period of security to be classified as long-term marketable securities 1 year 1 year  
Stock Options and Performance Shares      
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policy [Line Items]      
Shares excluded from the calculation of diluted weighted average shares outstanding 2,000us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount
/ us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareByAntidilutiveSecuritiesAxis
= abmd_StockOptionsAndPerformanceSharesMember
94,000us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount
/ us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareByAntidilutiveSecuritiesAxis
= abmd_StockOptionsAndPerformanceSharesMember
438,000us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount
/ us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareByAntidilutiveSecuritiesAxis
= abmd_StockOptionsAndPerformanceSharesMember
Machinery and Equipment | Maximum      
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policy [Line Items]      
Property and Equipment, useful life 5 years    
Machinery and Equipment | Minimum      
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policy [Line Items]      
Property and Equipment, useful life 3 years    
Computer Software | Maximum      
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policy [Line Items]      
Property and Equipment, useful life 5 years    
Computer Software | Minimum      
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policy [Line Items]      
Property and Equipment, useful life 3 years    
Furniture and Fixtures | Maximum      
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policy [Line Items]      
Property and Equipment, useful life 5 years    
Furniture and Fixtures | Minimum      
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policy [Line Items]      
Property and Equipment, useful life 3 years    
Leasehold Improvements      
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policy [Line Items]      
Leasehold improvements, useful life Shorter of the lease term or the estimated useful lives