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Surgical Procedures, Operative > Assisted Circulation > Counterpulsation > Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping

Preferred term

Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Balloon Pumping, Intra-Aortic
  • Balloon Pumping, Intraaortic
  • Intraaortic Balloon Pumping
  • Pumping, Intra Aortic Balloon
  • Pumping, Intra-Aortic Balloon
  • Pumping, Intraaortic Balloon

Scope note

  • Counterpulsation in which a pumping unit synchronized with the patient's electrocardiogram rapidly fills a balloon in the aorta with helium or carbon dioxide in early diastole and evacuates the balloon at the onset of systole. As the balloon inflates, it raises aortic diastolic pressure, and as it deflates, it lowers aortic systolic pressure. The result is a decrease in left ventricular work and increased myocardial and peripheral perfusion.

History note

  • 86(77); was see under ASSISTED CIRCULATION 1977-85

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007423

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