title: Clinical experience with the percutaneous hemopump during high-risk coronary angioplasty.
abstract: The percutaneous Hemopump showed beneficial effects during coronary angioplasty in 32 high-risk patients with unloading of the left ventricle during ischemia and maintaining cardiac output with mean aortic pressures of 50 mm Hg in case of cardiac arrest (3 patients). High procedure-related morbidity (occlusion of femoral artery in 2 patients; bleeding with need of transfusion in 4 patients) and mortality (4 of 32 patients) rates demonstrate the need for a very careful selection of patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany.
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Scholz
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Dubois-Rande
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Urban
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Morice
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Loisance
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Smalling
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Figulla
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012042:Registries; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment