Background Percutaneous ventricular assist devices (pVAD) have been increasingly used to support haemodynamics during ...

Contrary to lackluster short-term results, elective intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) therapy in high-risk patients receiving percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) substantially reduces all-cause ...

In the multicentre, open-label, randomized, controlled trial IABP-SHOCK II, the previously reported 30-day data demonstrated no early mortality reduction with intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) use in ...

In a cohort of patients who underwent high-risk PCI, mechanical circulatory support with a microaxial blood pump was linked to lower odds of death, MI and cardiogenic shock compared with use of an ...

A 75 year old, non-diabetic and normotensive man presented with a history of chest pain with duration of 5 days. He had a history of breathlessness of NYHA Class IV with orthopnea. EKG showed QS in V1 ...