title: In-hospital mortality associated with the use of intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation.
abstract: We analyzed in-hospital mortality for patients treated with intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation from the Benchmark Counterpulsation Outcomes Registry (n = 25,136). In-hospital mortality was higher in patients who received only medical interventions (32.5%) than in those who underwent percutaneous (18.8%) and surgical (19.2%) interventions, and was greatest in the first days after hospital admission for all 3 intervention types. Therefore, diagnostic evaluation and treatment decisions should be made as early as possible, and physicians should be aware of associated risk factors in making choices for patients.
authors.affiliation: La Tour Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland. philip.urban@latour.ch
authors.forename: Philip M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Urban
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Freedman
authors.forename: E Magnus
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Ohman
authors.forename: Gregg W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Stone
authors.forename: Jan T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Christenson
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: Michael F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Debra L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Joseph
authors.forename: David Z
authors.initials: DZ
authors.lastname: Bynum
authors.forename: James J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Ferguson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D007423:Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping / Q000401:mortality; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D012042:Registries; D012307:Risk Factors; D016019:Survival Analysis; D013557:Switzerland / Q000453:epidemiology