Use of the method of counterpulsation by means of an intra-aortic balloon in the treatment of myocardial infarct

The results of applying counterpulsation with an intraaortic balloon in the treatment of 17 patients suffering from myocardial infarction are discussed. Counterpulsation was indicated in 15 patients because of cardiogenic shock and in 2 (with concomitant arterial hypertension) because of expansion o...

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Published inKardiologiia Vol. 19; no. 1; p. 51
Main Authors Khil'kin, A M, Drogaĭtsev, A D, Sverchkova, E I
Format Journal Article
LanguageRussian
Published Russia (Federation) 01.01.1979
Subjects
Adult
Aged
Assisted Circulation
Diastole
Female
Heart - physiopathology
Hemodynamics
Humans
Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping
Male
Middle Aged
Myocardial Infarction - mortality
Myocardial Infarction - physiopathology
Myocardial Infarction - surgery
Systole
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Summary:The results of applying counterpulsation with an intraaortic balloon in the treatment of 17 patients suffering from myocardial infarction are discussed. Counterpulsation was indicated in 15 patients because of cardiogenic shock and in 2 (with concomitant arterial hypertension) because of expansion of the zone of myocarial infarction against the background of unstable arterial pressure. Nine patients died, counterpulsation in these cases was begun 5 hours after the appearance of the shock symptoms or later. A comparative analysis of hemodynamic changes associated with counterpulsation in patients who survived and in those who died is made.
ISSN:0022-9040