title: Does prophylactic intra-aortic balloon pumping really fail to improve perioperative outcomes in patients with poor left ventricular function?
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular Center, Klinikum Nürnberg-Paracelsus Medical University, Nuremberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Steffen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pfeiffer
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Santarpino
authors.forename: Joachim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sirch
authors.forename: Theodor
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fischlein
authors.forename: Ferdinand
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vogt
mesh_terms: D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007423:Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000453:epidemiology*