Author/Authors :
Thiele، نويسنده , , Holger and Lauer، نويسنده , , Bernward and Hambrecht، نويسنده , , Rainer and Boudriot، نويسنده , , Enno and Sick، نويسنده , , Peter and Niebauer، نويسنده , , Josef and Falk، نويسنده , , Volkmar and Schuler، نويسنده , , Gerhard، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
In patients with an infarct-related ventricular septal defect, an intra-aortic balloon pump provides immediate and long-term hemodynamic improvement, resulting in an enhanced effective cardiac output and a reduced left-to-right-shunt and shunt flow ratio. In patients who can be stabilized or remain stable, there is no habituation to the effects of the intra-aortic balloon pump; thus, later surgical closure of the ventricular septal defect might be possible in some selected patients.
