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Axillary artery insertion of an intraaortic balloon pump
L R McBride1, L W Miller, K S Naunheim
1Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Louis University Medical Center, Missouri.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|December 1, 1989
Abstract:
We describe a technique for insertion of an intraaortic balloon pump through the axillary artery. This approach is useful in patients requiring intraaortic balloon pump support before cardiac transplantation in that it dramatically increases patient mobility while awaiting a donor heart.