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[Complications of intraaortic balloon pumping after open heart surgery]
1Cardiovascular Surgery, Kinki University School of Medicine.
Kyobu Geka. the Japanese Journal of Thoracic Surgery
|September 1, 1993
Abstract:
During from 1979 to 1991, intraaortic balloon pumping (IABP) was used in a total of 120 patients following open heart surgery at our department. Nine complications (7.5%) caused by IABP have occurred; four balloon rupture, two ischemia of the lower extremity, two vascular injury and one peroneal nerve palsy. A more careful attention must be paid and earlier finding of the complications is imperative.