Use of intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation in cardiogenic shock complicating acute myocardial infarction. Do we really need more evidence?

Crit Care Med. 2010 Jan;38(1):321-2. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181c30c67.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • APACHE
  • Counterpulsation / methods
  • Critical Care / methods
  • Critical Illness
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intensive Care Units
  • Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping / methods*
  • Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping / mortality
  • Male
  • Myocardial Infarction / complications
  • Myocardial Infarction / diagnosis
  • Myocardial Infarction / mortality
  • Myocardial Infarction / surgery*
  • Prognosis
  • Risk Assessment
  • Shock, Cardiogenic / complications
  • Shock, Cardiogenic / diagnosis
  • Shock, Cardiogenic / mortality
  • Shock, Cardiogenic / surgery*
  • Survival Rate
  • Treatment Outcome