Definition
Indications: patients with hemodynamic instability or severe LV systolic dysfunction.
Contraindications:
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- Severe peripheral vascular disease (PVD) of the aortoiliac and femoral arteries – due to increased risk of lower extremity ischemia.
- Severe aortic valve insufficiency (AI), because their AI will be worsened by the balloon pump.
Keyword history
86%/2010
92%/2017
