It was feasible to perform intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) insertions in the cardiac intensive care unit (ICU) without transferring patients to the catheterization laboratory, according to Italian ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—A novel percutaneous ventricular assist device (pVAD) appears to offer comparable safety to an intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) when offering hemodynamic stabilization in elective, ...

High-risk patients undergoing a coronary procedure such as placement of a stent who electively received an intra-aortic balloon pump (a device that can help improve blood flow) prior to the procedure ...

The applicability and validity of registry data remains open to debate. When studying a patient cohort that is notoriously difficult to enroll in randomized trials, registry data can certainly add ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CHICAGO — Long-term follow-up from the IABP-SHOCK II trial shows that the use of intra-aortic balloon pumps for ...

An intra-aortic balloon pump is a temporary treatment to help the heart pump enough blood around the body, which people with certain heart conditions may require. An intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) ...

Compared with the years 2000-2009, cardiac deaths and case fatalities in U.S. marathon and half-marathon runners have come down significantly. (JAMA) People with zero of five classic cardiovascular ...