EXHIBIT 32.1

            SECTION 1350 CERTIFICATION OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER


     In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly
period ended May 31, 2005 of Arrow International, Inc., a Pennsylvania
corporation (the "Company"), as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Carl G. Anderson, Jr., the
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, hereby certify pursuant to
18 U.S.C. ss.1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
of 2002, to my knowledge and based upon a review of the Report, that:

     (1)  the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or
          15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

     (2)  the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
          material respects, the financial condition and results of operations
          of the Company as of the dates and for the periods presented as
          required by such Report.

This certification is based upon, among other things, my responsibilities as
Chief Executive Officer of the Company, my own due diligence and representations
made by certain others of the Company's senior management.

                                     /s/ Carl G. Anderson, Jr.
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                                    Carl G. Anderson, Jr.
                                    Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
                                    (Principal Executive Officer)

                                    July 11, 2005


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