Open AccessExtended Use of Intra-aortic Balloon Pumping in Peripartum Cardiomyopathy
Author(s) -
Charles O. Brantigan,
John B. Grow,
Fred Schoonmaker
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-197601000-00001
Subject(s) - medicine , peripartum cardiomyopathy , intra aortic balloon pumping , heart failure , cardiomyopathy , balloon , cardiology , ischemic cardiomyopathy , surgery , ejection fraction , myocardial infarction , cardiogenic shock
A patient with perinatal cardiomyopathy was greatly benefited physiologically by 7 weeks of intra-aortic balloon pumping. This experience documented that extended pumping can be carried out with only manageable complications. Although the patient survived the hospitalization, she died shortly thereafter of intractable congestive failure. Perinatal cardiomyopathy is a potentially reversible condition. Ventricular assistance by intra-aortic balloon pumping may be sustaining during continued systemic treatment of this entity. Further evaluation for longevity of more advanced congestive heart failure from cardiomyopathies needs further clinical trial.