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10517205

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-11-4
pubmed:abstractText
Prophylactic use of an intraaortic balloon pump (IABP) prior to open-heart surgery in patients with impaired left ventricular function is still under debate. Patients with left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) < 40% were therefore compared according to time of IABP placement, viz. preoperative (n = 56), intraoperative (n = 40) or postoperative (n = 17), and also with patients who did not receive mechanical support despite LVEF < 40% (n = 78). The main indication for preoperative IABP insertion was severely impaired left ventricular function (80%), while patients with intraoperative or postoperative IABP placement mainly presented with low cardiac-output syndrome (70%/53%). Preoperative IABP was associated with a low mortality rate (8.9%), whereas patients with intraoperative or postoperative IABP placement had a high mortality risk and an increased catecholamine requirement. Of the patients scheduled for surgery without prophylactic IABP, 19% required intra- or postoperative insertion. Prophylactic placement of IABP thus reduced the mortality rate as well as the postoperative need for mechanical and catecholamine support. Need for intraoperative IABP insertion was associated with high mortality, whereas the outcome after postoperative IABP placement depended on the indication for the measure.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1401-7431
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
33
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
194-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Use of an intraaortic balloon pump in patients with impaired left ventricular function.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Westfälische Wilhelms University, Muenster, Germany. schmid@uni-muenster.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study