Intra-aortic balloon pump trials: questions, answers, and unresolved issues

Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2013 Jun;6(3):317-21. doi: 10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.113.000336.
No abstract available

Keywords: acute myocardial infarction; counterpulsation; high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention; intra-aortic balloon pump; left ventricular assist devices; mortality; shock, cardiogenic.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Clinical Trials as Topic* / methods
  • Equipment Design
  • Evidence-Based Medicine
  • Heart-Assist Devices
  • Hemodynamics
  • Humans
  • Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping* / adverse effects
  • Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping* / instrumentation
  • Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping* / mortality
  • Patient Selection
  • Research Design
  • Risk Assessment
  • Risk Factors
  • Shock, Cardiogenic / mortality
  • Shock, Cardiogenic / physiopathology
  • Shock, Cardiogenic / therapy*
  • Time Factors
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Ventricular Function