title: Perioperative intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation in cardiosurgery: a retrospective study.
abstract: From January 1986 to March 1988 50 of 1366 patients (3.7%) undergoing cardiac surgery were treated with IABP support. The 50 patients ranged in age from 43 to 79 years (mean: 63.3 years). 88% of them underwent coronary artery bypass grafting, 6% of them mitral valve replacement and the other 6% a combined procedure. IABP was inserted preoperatively in 4 patients (8%) because of cardiogenic shock, and in 18 patients because of unstable angina (36%); intraoperatively as a help during weaning from cardiopulmonary bypass in 8 patients (16%); postoperatively because of hemodynamic deterioration in 20 patients (40%). The IABP was placed by femoral puncture in 39 patients (78%), by femoral cutdown in 6 patients (12%) and by transthoracic aortotomy in 5 patients (10%). All patients received daily infusions of heparin and broad spectrum antibiotics. The overall incidence of complications was 22%. There was no mortality due to IABP-related complications.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lauwers
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Meese
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Adriaensen
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Amsel
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Van der Mast
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D015908:Counterpulsation / Q000009:adverse effects; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D007423:Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping / Q000009:adverse effects; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D008875:Middle Aged; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011300:Preoperative Care; D012189:Retrospective Studies