Authors
- Zorin Makarović — University of Osijek School of Medicine, University Hospital Centre Osijek, Osijek, Croatia — ORCID: 0000-0002-6689-3177
- Sandra Makarović — University of Osijek School of Medicine, University Hospital Centre Osijek, Osijek, Croatia — ORCID: 0000-0002-7487-1189
- Damir Kirner — University of Osijek School of Medicine, University Hospital Centre Osijek, Osijek, Croatia — ORCID: 0000-0002-6001-3378
- Robert Steiner — University of Osijek School of Medicine, University Hospital Centre Osijek, Osijek, Croatia — ORCID: 0000-0003-2250-9855
- Ivica Bošnjak — University of Osijek School of Medicine, University Hospital Centre Osijek, Osijek, Croatia — ORCID: 0000-0002-0223-4287
- Marin Vučković — University of Osijek School of Medicine, University Hospital Centre Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
- Dragan Novosel — University of Osijek School of Medicine, University Hospital Centre Osijek, Osijek, Croatia — ORCID: 0000-0001-5609-7073
- Dražen Mlinarević — University of Osijek School of Medicine, University Hospital Centre Osijek, Osijek, Croatia — ORCID: 0000-0003-3246-4056
Keywords
intra-aortic balon pump, shock, acute coromary syndrome
DOI
https://doi.org/10.15836/ccar2016.101Full Text
There are conflicting evidence regarding the use of intra-aortic balon pump (IABP) in acute coronary syndrome and shock patients. (1, 2) Current European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Guidelines does not recommend IABP to be routinely used. It is intended to be used in patients with non ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) with acute mechanical complications. ESC Guidelines considered meta-analyses by Sjauw el al and the major randomized clinical trial IABP SHOCK II. This research did not confirm degraded mortality 30 days after ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) with shock. There are several flaws to this study: the absence of long-term survival, not taking into account patients with mechanical complications of myocardial infarction, NSTEMI patients and cardiogenic shock after 12 hours. 50% of patients had blood pressure ≥ 90 mmHg, which rise the question of inclusion criteria. However, meta-analyses showed significant reduction in mortality in cardiogenic shock after STEMI in patients treated with thrombolysis and IABP, but without primary percutaneous coronary intervention. New randomized clinical trials are needed, so that a definite conclusion on long-term survival could be made, as well to establish if there are groups within those patients, which could benefit from the use of IABP. We present our IABP experience, in University Hospital Centre Osijek, in time period from 2014 to 2015, in acute coronary syndrome patients and cardiogenic shock, and their short term outcome and survival. This is ongoing study planned to follow long term outcome as well.
Literature
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