title: Short- and long-term hemodynamic effects of intra-aortic balloon support in ventricular septal defect complicating acute myocardial infarction.
abstract: In patients with an infarct-related ventricular septal defect, an intra-aortic balloon pump provides immediate and long-term hemodynamic improvement, resulting in an enhanced effective cardiac output and a reduced left-to-right-shunt and shunt flow ration. In patients who can be stabilized or remain stable, there is no habituation to the effects of the intra-aortic balloon pump; thus, later surgical closure of the ventricular septal defect might be possible in some patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Leipzig, Heart Center, Germany. thielh@medizin.uni-leipzig.de
authors.forename: Holger
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Thiele
authors.forename: Bernward
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lauer
authors.forename: Rainer
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hambrecht
authors.forename: Enno
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Boudriot
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sick
authors.forename: Josef
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Niebauer
authors.forename: Volkmar
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Falk
authors.forename: Gerhard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schuler
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006342:Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006346:Heart Septum; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D007423:Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012770:Shock, Cardiogenic / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology