A. Borowski et al., MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT .1. INTRAA ORTIC BALLOON COUNTERPULSATION (IABP), Zentralblatt fur Chirurgie, 120(3), 1995, pp. 159-165
In cardiac surgery mechanical circulatory support with intra-aortic ba
lloon counterpulsation (IABP) is an established measure for the therap
y of perioperative low-output-syndrome and refractory cardiogenic shoc
k. The favourable influence on the myocardial oxygen supply and demand
- relationship with an improvement of the energetic balance guarantee
s the functional and ultrastructural recovery of reversibly damaged is
chemic myocardium. The efficacy of IABP is uncontradicted and verified
by high survival rates even in patients with severe impairment of the
ventricular function. The system is easy to applicate by standardized
surgical techniques of im- and explantation, safely to handle due to
improvements of the technical equipment and can be applied at a low ri
sk.