Prophylactic Application of an Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump in High-Risk Patients Undergoing Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting | Zendy

Wenjun Ding | Zendy; Qiang Ji | Zendy; Qiang Wei | Zendy; Yunqing Shi | Zendy; RunHua Ma | Zendy; Chunsheng Wang | Zendy

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Prophylactic Application of an Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump in High-Risk Patients Undergoing Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Author(s) -

Wenjun Ding,

Qiang Ji,

Qiang Wei,

Yunqing Shi,

RunHua Ma,

Chunsheng Wang

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

cardiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.547

H-Index - 63

eISSN - 1421-9751

pISSN - 0008-6312

DOI - 10.1159/000377720

Subject(s) - medicine , intra aortic balloon pump , propensity score matching , intensive care unit , cardiac surgery , off pump coronary artery bypass , cardiology , surgery , cardiopulmonary bypass , respiratory failure , heart failure , artery , intra aortic balloon pumping , bypass grafting , cardiogenic shock , myocardial infarction

An intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) is the most commonly used circulatory assist device in cardiac surgery. We hypothesized that prophylactic application of an IABP improves early clinical outcome of high-risk patients undergoing scheduled off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCABG).

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