Intra-aortic balloon contrapulsation and its role in the management of heart failure

Abstract

Aim: To evaluate the experience with intra-aortic balloon contrapulsation (IABP) in a department of cardiac surgery and in catheterization room. Conclusion: IABP has an irreplaceable role in interventional treatment of acute heart failure and is a successful method for providing support in circulatory failure.

However, it is associated with relatively high rates of complications of varying severity. The effect of treatment and the complication rates in our group of patients were consistent with data reported in the literature. : Intra-aortic balloon contrapulsation ? Cardiac surgery ? Percutaneous coronary intervention ? Heart failure

Keywords

• Intra-aortic
• balloon
• contrapulsation
• management
• heart
• failure