Percutaneous Placement of an Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump in the Left Axillary/Subclavian Position Provides Safe, Ambulatory Long-Term Support as Bridge to Heart Transplantation - Estep, Jerry D.; Cordero-Reyes, Andrea M.; Bhimaraj, Arvind; Trachtenberg, Barry; Khalil, Nashwa; Loebe, Matthias; Bruckner, Brian; Orrego, Carlos M.; Bismuth, Jean; Kleiman, Neal S.; Torre-Amione, Guillermo (JACC. Heart failure, 2013)
Keywords: Axillary Artery; Cardiovascular; Feasibility Studies; Female; heart failure; Heart Failure - drug therapy; heart transplant; Heart Transplantation; Heart-Assist Devices; Humans; intra-aortic balloon pump; Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping; Male; Middle Aged; Patient Safety; Prosthesis Implantation - methods; Retrospective Studies; Subclavian Artery; Time Factors; heart failure; intra-aortic balloon pump; IABP; subclavian artery; heart transplant; OHT; CXR; HF; LVAD; orthotopic heart transplantation; chest x-ray; left ventricular assist device