Transbrachial insertion of a 7.5-Fr intra-aortic balloon pump in a severely atherosclerotic patient

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2231-2233

  Onorati, Francesco ^a   Bilotta, Massimo ^a   Pezzo, Francesco ^a   Impiombato, Barbara ^a   Caroleo, Santo ^a   Santangelo, Ermenegildo ^a   Renzulli, Attilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary artery bypass grafting; Intra aortic balloon pump; Mechanical assistance

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; HEPARIN; NADROPARIN; NITRATE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ANTICOAGULATION; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA BALLOON; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY PERFUSION; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ELECTRONICS; FEMORAL ARTERY; FLUOROSCOPY; HAND; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETER; PULSE OXIMETRY; PULSE WAVE; RADIAL ARTERY; SURGICAL WARD; TEMPERATURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; OXIMETRY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PUNCTURE;

AGED; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON PUMPING; MALE; OXIMETRY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PUNCTURES;

EID: 33748093932     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000229884.94475.DB     Document Type: Article

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