Letters to the Editor
Intra-aortic balloon pump (ΙΑΒΡ): from the old trends and studies to the current “extended” indications of its use
Cardiothoracic Department, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast BT12 6BA, Northern Ireland
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2012, 7:128 doi:10.1186/1749-8090-7-128
Published: 11 December 2012Abstract
This report outlines the well defined indications of using IABP and also favours extending the indications of IABP use, to include not only “therapeutically” the aging unstable patients but also “prophylactically” patients with low EF or high Euroscore.
