Use and Effectiveness of Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumps Among Patients Undergoing High Risk Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Insights From the National Cardiovascular Data Registry
Why the study?
Does the use of intra-aortic balloon pumps reduce in-hospital mortality in patients undergoing high risk percutaneous coronary intervention?
Population
Patients undergoing high risk percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)
Comparison
Intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) vs Lower hospital-level use of IABP
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
in-hospital
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
No mortality benefit seen with higher hospital IABP use in high-risk PCI; leaves open whether targeted use improves outcomes in selected patients.
Structured PICO
Does the use of intra-aortic balloon pumps reduce in-hospital mortality in patients undergoing high risk percutaneous coronary intervention?
P
Population
Patients undergoing high risk percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)
I
Intervention
Intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP)
C
Comparator
Lower hospital-level use of IABP
O
Outcome
In-hospital mortalityhard clinical
Higher hospital-level use of IABP during high-risk PCI is not associated with improved in-hospital mortality.
Cite This Study
Curtis et al. (2011) studied this question.