title: Axillary artery insertion of an intraaortic balloon pump.
abstract: We describe a technique for insertion of an intraaortic balloon pump through the axillary artery. This approach is useful in patients requiring intraaortic balloon pump support before cardiac transplantation in that it dramatically increases patient mobility while awaiting a donor heart.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Louis University Medical Center, Missouri.
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: McBride
authors.forename: L W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Naunheim
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Pennington
mesh_terms: D001366:Axillary Artery; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D007423:Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping / Q000379:methods*