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What are the vascular complications associated with intra-aortic balloon pump implantation?
What are the vascular complications associated with intra-aortic balloon pump implantation?
Although intra-aortic balloon pump implantation is associated with major vascular complications such as ischemia and bleeding, the overall incidence is generally low.
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Low IABP vascular complication rates appear reassuring; leaves open need for prospective validation in contemporary cohorts.
Major vascular complications, including limb and mesenteric ischemia as well as bleeding and hemorrhage, have been associated with IABP. However, the incidence of these complications was generally low. Further studies are still required to truly understand the risk/benefit associated with the use of IABP.
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Jong et al. (2017) studied this question.
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