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The Intra-aortic Balloon Pump in High-risk Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

IABP systems are typically inserted within the multidisciplinary environment that is the cardiac catheterization laboratory. The specific role of the physiologist during IABP insertion is to ensure ...
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SAVE-PCI: Small-Bore Percutaneous VAD Matches IABP in High-risk PCI

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—A novel percutaneous ventricular assist device (pVAD) appears to offer comparable safety to an intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) when offering hemodynamic stabilization in elective, ...
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Long-term IABP-SHOCK II Data Offer Rare Look at Poor Prognosis in Acute MI Cardiogenic Shock Patients

Continuing the trajectory seen at 30 days and 1 year, the long-term data from the IABP-SHOCK II trial reported today show no survival benefit for intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) use in acute MI ...
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The Intra-aortic Balloon Pump in High-risk Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Interv Cardiol. 2012;4(2):211-234. Early inflation Balloon inflates before aortic valve closes – the left ventricle is therefore forced to empty against an inflated balloon. There is an increase in ...