title: Prognostic indices for survival during postcardiotomy intra-aortic balloon pumping. Methods of scoring and classification, with implications for left ventricular assist device utilization.
abstract: To define more clearly a salvageable patient for possible utilization of a left ventricular assist device prior to multiple organ failure and irretrievability during postcardiotomy intra-aortic balloon pumping (IABP), we made prospective and retrospective analyses to determine prognostic indices for survival. Serial left ventricular function curves (IABP on-off), scoring methods, hemodynamic and renal function tracking trajectories, survival versus nonsurvival data envelopes, and classification methods were developed and used. All patients requiring postcardiotomy IABP support who were in Class A survived; 80 percent of the patients in Class B survived. All patients who remained in Class C for 12 hours or more following operation with IABP support died. These preliminary analyses suggest that the postcardiotomy IABP-supported patient with a score of less than 6 who remains in Class C for 12 hours or more is at the highest possible risk and is a probably candidate for more effective support with a left ventricular assist device.
mesh_terms: D001243:Assisted Circulation; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000401:mortality*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003201:Computers; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000503:physiopathology; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D007423:Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation; D009862:Online Systems; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014655:Vascular Resistance