摘要
INTRODUCTION The intra-aortic balloon pump(IABP)is commonly used as a cardiac assist device in various clinical situations,including cardiogenic shock,mechanical complications of acute myocardial infarction,high risk percutaneous coronary interventions(PCI),coronary artery bypass graft surgery and refractory unstable angina,etc.However,like other invasive devices,the use of IABP has been associated with some complications.The most frequently reported complications are hemorrhage and limb ischemia.Rare complications include infection,arterial perforation,aortic dissection and thrombocytopenia and bowel infarction.Arterial embolism of internal organs is a rare but fatal complication of IABP therapy.Sirbu et al.reported that 59%of patients who developed ischemic vascular complications due to IABP died1.
