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The Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump
Published on: February 5, 2021
The use of vein allografts as sidearms for intraaortic balloon insertion
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|May 11, 1975
Abstract:
Femoral artery cannulation for intraaortic balloon counterpulsation may be attended by difficulties due to changes in the vessel wall and the inherent stiffness of Dacron grafts. A substitute technique utilizing venous allografts is described. The advantages are enumerated and are related to allograft pliability. Fifty-nine such procedures have been done without related complications.

