Prophylactic intra-aortic balloon pump is useful to facilitate percutaneous coronary interventions: images from rescue cases.
Images are presented of coronary reperfusion that occurred shortly after insertion of an intra-aortic balloon pump for counter-pulsation in 3 patients with acute myocardial infarction refractory to thrombolytic therapy and hemodynamic derangement. It is shown that prophylactic intra-aortic balloon pump use may facilitate percutaneous coronary intervention during acute myocardial infarction and it is useful to provide a visual assessment of myocardial flow restoring.
Schiariti
Michele
M
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Cardiology, Sant'Anna Hospital, Catanzaro, Italy.
Puddu
Paolo Emilio
PE
Nesta
Cristina
C
Grillo
Placido
P
Missiroli
Bindo
B
Cassese
Mauro
M
D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003326:Coronary Circulation; D006801:Humans; D007423:Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000601:surgery*