Should Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP) be generally recommended in patients with cardiogenic shock?
There is currently no general recommendation for the use of IABP in cardiogenic shock, and future guidelines should incorporate recent randomized trial results.
In cardiogenic shock, no general recommendation for IABP can be given. In the next revision of current guidelines, recent randomized trial results should be incorporated. Further research is needed to develop optional treatments in cardiogenic shock or to gain validated algorithms for use of active assist devices.
Fuernau et al. (Thu,) studied this question.