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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1977-1-28
pubmed:abstractText
Over a two-year period about 1,000 operations were performed with cardiopulmonary bypass. Intraaortic balloon pump assistance (IABP) was employed on 150 occasions, and a review of these has permitted clarification of the indications for its use. Sixty patients had IABP for carcinogenic shock either after infarction or cardiotomy, and 37 (62%) survived. Preoperative IABP in 90 high-risk patients resulted in survival for 79 (88%). The indications for prophylactic IABP included: (1) relief of severe pain, which occurred in 42 patients with acute coronary insufficiency, (2) improvement in the coronary perfusion pressure, which was accomplished in 20 patients with significant left main coronary artery occlusion or its equivalent, and (3) protection of left ventricular function, which war carried out in 28 patients with an LV ejection fraction of less than 0.40. The significance of the preoperative endocardial viability ratio (EVR) in relation to prophylactic IABP was also assessed: an EVR below 0.70 appears to be an indication for preoperative IABP.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0003-4975
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
535-45
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1976
pubmed:articleTitle
Evolving indications for preoperative intraaortic balloon pump assistance.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article