Intra-aortic balloon pump (ΙΑΒΡ): from the old trends and studies to the current "extended" indications of its use

Intra-aortic balloon pump (ΙΑΒΡ): from the old trends and studies to the current "extended" indications of its use

This report outlines the well defined indications of using IABP and also favours extending the indications of IABP use, to include not only "therapeutically" the aging unstable patients but also "prophylactically" patients with low EF or high Euroscore.

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of cardiothoracic surgery 2012-12, Vol.7 (1), p.128-128, Article 128
Hauptverfasser: Parissis, Haralabos, Soo, Alan, Al-Alao, Bassel
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Heart Transplantation
Humans
Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping - trends
Letters to the Editor
Myocardial Infarction - surgery
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Ventricular Fibrillation - surgery
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Zusammenfassung:This report outlines the well defined indications of using IABP and also favours extending the indications of IABP use, to include not only "therapeutically" the aging unstable patients but also "prophylactically" patients with low EF or high Euroscore.
ISSN:1749-8090
1749-8090
DOI:10.1186/1749-8090-7-128