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Intra-Aortic Balloon Counterpulsation as a Bridge to Heart Transplantation Does Not Impair Long-Term Survival

Aims There are few studies of the use of intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) treatment as a bridge to heart transplantation (HTx). This is the first study to compare long-term clinical and haemodynamic ...
FiercePharma

--Study Results Demonstrating Trend Toward Improvement in 30-Day All-Cause Mortality Presented at ESC Congress 2012-

MUNICH and WAYNE, N.J., Aug. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- MAQUET Cardiovascular LLC, the market leader in intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation therapy, today announced 30-day results from the large, ...
Medical Xpress

Intra-aortic balloon pumps do not reduce infarct size in patients with STEMI without cardiac shock

Intra-aortic balloon pump counterpulsation prior to PCI in patients with ST segment elevation MI does not reduce infarct size as measured by MRI, according to results from the Counterpulsation Reduces ...
Healio

Intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation failed to reduce MI size in patients with acute anterior MI without shock

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A routine strategy of intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation before percutaneous coronary intervention did not ...
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Getinge Announces Results of Study of Contemporary Practice Showing Larger Volume Intra-Aortic Balloon Effective as First-Line Therapy in Patients with Cardiogenic Shock

Dr. Cohen, together with Dr. Gautam Visveswaran, Dr. David Baran and colleagues at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, retrospectively analyzed demographic, clinical, laboratory and hemodynamic ...
Healio

CRISP AMI: Intra-aortic balloon pump counterpulsation failed to reduce infarct size in STEMI patients

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Infarct size as measured by MRI does not reduce when intra-aortic balloon pump counterpulsation is used before ...
Science Daily

Balloon pump use prior to angioplasty does not reduce heart muscle damage, study shows

Inserting intra-aortic balloon pumps prior to angioplasty in patients with acute myocardial infarction does not reduce the scope of heart muscle damage, a condition referred to as infarct size, ...
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The CRISP AMI trial

Intra-aortic balloon pump counterpulsation prior to PCI in patients with ST segment elevation MI does not reduce infarct size as measured by MRI, according to results from the Counterpulsation Reduces ...
TCTMD

No Benefit of Intra-aortic Balloon Pump in MI Patients with Shock

MUNICH, Germany—Although use of an intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) complicated by cardiogenic shock appears safe, the technique does not improve ...
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Angiodroid Srl Announces CE Mark for ANGIOPULSE™ Intra-aortic Balloon Pump

ANGIODROID Srl, an Italian manufacturer of medical technologies, announces the CE mark for ANGIOPULSE, its first intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) device. (Photo ...
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Intra-Aortic Balloon Counterpulsation as a Bridge to Heart Transplantation Does Not Impair Long-Term Survival

This study demonstrates that IABP is a valuable tool as a bridge to HTx in patients with end-stage heart failure. Kaplan–Meier analysis revealed no significant difference in post-HTx survival between ...