Events Associated with Rupture of Intra-aortic Balloon Counterpulsation Devices

1991 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 38 ◽  
Author(s):  
FRANCIS P. SUTTER ◽  
DOUGLAS H. JOYCE ◽  
BRIDGET M. BAILEY ◽  
GLENN W. LAUB ◽  
JAVIER FERNANDEZ ◽  
...  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. NP203-NP206
Author(s):  
Ujjwal Kumar Chowdhury ◽  
NB Diplomate ◽  
Jhulana Kumar Jena ◽  
Suruchi Hasija ◽  
Lakshmi Kumari Sankhyan

We report two male patients aged 18 and 19 years, respectively, undergoing total pericardiectomy for chronic calcific constrictive pericarditis who developed systemic ventricular failure unresponsive to medical management following surgery. The failing circulation was successfully reestablished using intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation. Aortic counterpulsation facilitates recovery of ventricular function and appears to be a reasonable alternative in select instances of refractory cardiac failure following pericardiectomy.


Circulation ◽  
1983 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
R M Fuchs ◽  
K P Brin ◽  
J A Brinker ◽  
P A Guzman ◽  
R R Heuser ◽  
...  

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