Medically reviewed by Christopher Lee, MDMedically reviewed by Christopher Lee, MD An intra-aortic balloon ... procedures ...

Both of these systems have many intuitive features that can reduce pump ... on: Balloon volume to aorta size: as balloon volume increases, so does the volume of blood displaced Heart rate: as ...

such as the intra-aortic balloon pump. Now some 40 years since its first-in-man description, the situations and strategies in which to utilize its attractive physiological properties are still ...