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Double balloon catheter for concomitant augmentation of abdominal organ perfusion during intraaortic balloon
T Katsumata1, W Sato, Y Bonkohara
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Institute of Japan, Tokyo Women's Medical College, Japan.
Artificial Organs
|February 1, 1996
Abstract:
A newly devised double balloon catheter to augment abdominal organ perfusion concomitant with original cardiac assist during intraaortic balloon counterpulsation provided satisfactory hemodynamics and urinary output around cardiac surgical procedures in 2 patients with coronary artery disease. Some optional advantages in clinical application and problems arising in the catheter design which need to be investigated are discussed.