Prolonged duration of transbrachial intra-aortic balloon pump as bridge to heart transplantation

We describe a case demonstrating the quality of life (QOL) benefit and safety of using a transbrachial approach for insertion of an intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) in a patient awaiting cardiac transplantation. A 68-year-old man with ischaemic cardiomyopathy was admitted to our cardiac intensive ca...

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Published in:BMJ Case Rep
Main Authors: Smith, Triston B B J, Shridhar, Puneeth, Khalil, Ramzi, Lasorda, David Michael
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4330429/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25657198
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2014-208658
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