Intra-aortic balloon pump does not influence cerebral hemodynamics and neurological outcomes in high-risk cardiac patients undergoing cardiac surgery: an analysis of the IABCS trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) is often used in high-risk patients undergoing cardiac surgery to improve coronary perfusion and decrease afterload. The effects of the IABP on cerebral hemodynamics are unknown. We therefore assessed the effect of the IABP on cerebral hemodynamics and on neurological complications in patients undergoing cardiac surgery who were randomized to receive or not receive preoperative IABP in the 'Intra-aortic Balloon Counterpulsation in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery' (IABCS) trial.

Methods

This is a prospectively planned analysis of the previously published IABCS trial. Patients undergoing elective coronary artery bypass surgery with ventricular ejection fraction ≤ 40% or EuroSCORE ≥ 6 received preoperative IABP (n = 90) or no

SUBMITTER: Caldas JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6879692 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature