title: Effect of intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation on right-left shunt following right ventricular infarction.
abstract: Intra-aortic balloon counterpulsations decrease the left ventricular end-diastolic pressure and, subsequently, the left atrial pressure in patients with impaired myocardial function following myocardial infarction. This paper reports a case of right ventricular infarction in a patient with patency of the oval foramen where the use of intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation led to the perpetuation of the right-to-left shunt.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, U.K.
authors.forename: R I
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Hasan
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Deiranyia
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Yonan
mesh_terms: D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D015908:Counterpulsation / Q000592:standards*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D007423:Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping / Q000592:standards*; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography