title: Use of an intraaortic balloon pump in patients with impaired left ventricular function.
abstract: Prophylactic use of an intraaortic balloon pump (IABP) prior to open-heart surgery in patients with impaired left ventricular function is still under debate. Patients with left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) < 40% were therefore compared according to time of IABP placement, viz. preoperative (n = 56), intraoperative (n = 40) or postoperative (n = 17), and also with patients who did not receive mechanical support despite LVEF < 40% (n = 78). The main indication for preoperative IABP insertion was severely impaired left ventricular function (80%), while patients with intraoperative or postoperative IABP placement mainly presented with low cardiac-output syndrome (70%/53%). Preoperative IABP was associated with a low mortality rate (8.9%), whereas patients with intraoperative or postoperative IABP placement had a high mortality risk and an increased catecholamine requirement. Of the patients scheduled for surgery without prophylactic IABP, 19% required intra- or postoperative insertion. Prophylactic placement of IABP thus reduced the mortality rate as well as the postoperative need for mechanical and catecholamine support. Need for intraoperative IABP insertion was associated with high mortality, whereas the outcome after postoperative IABP placement depended on the indication for the measure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Westfälische Wilhelms University, Muenster, Germany. schmid@uni-muenster.de
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schmid
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wilhelm
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Reimann
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rötker
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Deiwick
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Loick
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kerber
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hammel
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Weyand
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Scheld
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002303:Cardiac Output, Low / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000401:mortality; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007423:Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011300:Preoperative Care; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D013318:Stroke Volume; D015996:Survival Rate; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D002395:Catecholamines