Thiele Holger, Lauer Bernward, Hambrecht Rainer, Boudriot Enno, Sick Peter, Niebauer Josef, Falk Volkmar, Schuler Gerhard
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Leipzig, Heart Center, Germany.
Am J Cardiol. 2003 Aug 15;92(4):450-4. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(03)00665-9.
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 ration. 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 patients.
