Compared with standard medical care, early use of a temporary intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) to support heart function in patients who were critically ill with cardiogenic shock caused by heart ...

Compared with standard medical care, early use of a temporary intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) to support heart function in patients who were critically ill with cardiogenic shock caused by heart ...

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 ...

Intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation pumps (IABPs) are efficacious in treating cardiogenic shock and are often inserted prophylactically in hemodynamically stable patients who are undergoing ...

Interv Cardiol. 2012;4(2):211-234. The future of IABC cannot, however, be taken in isolation. It must be analyzed in the context of other PCADs available for in-human use, namely the Impella Recover ...