Pengyu Ma, Zaiwang Zhang, Tieying Song, Yunliang Yang, Ge Meng, Jianhui Zhao, Chunping Wang, Kunfeng Gu, Jingyan Peng, Bo Jiang, Yan Qi, Ruyu Yan, Xiaojing Ma
OBJECTIVE: To discuss the experience of combining extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) with intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) for the treatment of acute heart failure in critically ill adults. METHODS: The clinical data of 54 patients who received ECMO combined with IABP due to acute heart failure between January 2008 and July 2012 were retrospectively analysed. Thirty-eight of the patients were male, and 16 were female; the mean age was 57±11. Thirty-nine of the patients received IABP first but were still unable to maintain adequate circulation, and were then given ECMO; the other 15 underwent ECMO first, but due to increased left ventricular load, the opening of the aortic valve was restricted and IABP was then introduced...
April 2014: Heart, Lung & Circulation