In-hospital mortality associated with the use of intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation.
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.
Urban
Philip M
PM
La Tour Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland. philip.urban@latour.ch
Freedman
Robert J
RJ
Ohman
E Magnus
EM
Stone
Gregg W
GW
Christenson
Jan T
JT
Cohen
Marc
M
Miller
Michael F
MF
Joseph
Debra L
DL
Bynum
David Z
DZ
Ferguson
James J
JJ
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