The balloon pump can help improve the heart’s ability to pump blood as it needs to. Through a surgical procedure, the device is inserted through your leg into the heart. This is a short-term ...

An intra-aortic balloon pump is a temporary treatment to help the heart pump enough blood around the body, which people with certain heart conditions may require. An intra-aortic balloon pump ...

and heart surgeons use this device temporarily when the heart may need extra help to deliver blood to the body. The IABP ...

early use of a temporary intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) to support heart function in patients who were critically ill with cardiogenic shock caused by heart failure did not improve 60-day ...

IABP systems are typically inserted within the multidisciplinary environment that is the cardiac catheterization laboratory. The specific role of the physiologist during IABP insertion is to ...

PARIS — Early implantation of an intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) in patients with decompensated heart failure (HF) and low output provided more effective treatment than inotropic agents in a ...

(European Heart Journal) In heart failure complicated by cardiogenic shock, early intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) placement did not help clinical outcomes in the small randomized trial Altshock-2.

Cardiogenic shock occurs when the heart is not able to pump enough ... Hemodynamic support may be needed using intraaortic balloon counterpulsation (IABP or balloon pump) and when severe left ...

As part of the event, Teleflex will host a lunch symposium exploring the role of IABP therapy in cardiac transplant patients. Attendees can also visit Teleflex booth 623 to see both the AC3 ...