A NOVEL-APPROACH TO PEDIATRIC INTRAAORTIC BALLOON PUMP TIMING USING M-MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Authors
MINICH LLA TANI LY MCGOUGH EC SHADDY RE HAWKINS JA
Citation
Lla. Minich et al., A NOVEL-APPROACH TO PEDIATRIC INTRAAORTIC BALLOON PUMP TIMING USING M-MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, The American journal of cardiology, 80(3), 1997, pp. 367
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
80
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1997)80:3<367:ANTPIB>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
Timing balloon inflation and deflation is difficult in pediatric patie nts undergoing intraaortic balloon pumping, because the electrocardiog ram and arterial pressure tracings are inadequate markers of the onset of diastole and systole. M-mode echocardiography provides a precise m arker of aortic valve opening and closure, as well as balloon motion, and allows accurate timing by real-time adjustment of balloon inflatio n to diastole and deflation to systole.