An intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) is a type of mechanical device used to assist blood flow. It's implanted into the body's largest blood vessel ( aorta ), and inflates and deflates with each ...

IABP systems are typically inserted within the multidisciplinary environment that is the cardiac catheterization laboratory. The specific role of the physiologist during IABP insertion is to ...

Similar to deleterious consequences of early balloon inflation Early deflation Reduced inflation time, leading to lower peak diastolic augmentation and suboptimal IABP function. Theoretically ...