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Mortality and morbidity from intra-aortic balloon pumps. Risk analysis.

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2002

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Massimo Meco, Giovanni Gramegna, A. Yassini, Alessandro Bellisario, Enzo Mazzaro, Marco Babbini, A Pediglieri, P Panisi, Giuseppe Tarelli, Alessandro Frigiola,
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Abstract

The incidence of IABP insertion in our institution was 1.5%. Mortality rate is similar to mortality of other studies in which the IABP has been inserted in the postoperative period. We have found that timing of IABP insertion, thrombocytopenia, presence of peripheral vascular disease and the redo intervention are independent predictors of mortality. We also found that female sex, diabetes, history of cigarette smoking and preoperative use of antiplatelet drugs are independent predictors of limb ischemia. The following factors are instead independent predictors of renal insufficiency: postoperative ejection fraction lower than 40% and non use of dobutamine in the postoperative period.