Risks associated with intraaortic balloon pumping in patients with and without diabetes mellitus

Autor: M. Anthony Schork, Paula Reimann, Wajszczuk Wj, Adrian Kantrowitz, Melvyn Rubenfire, Witold Brozyna, Freed Ps, Jay Kozlowski, Tarik Wasfie
Rok vydání: 1988
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Zdroj: The American journal of cardiology. 61(8)
ISSN: 0002-9149
Popis: Between 1967 and 1982, intraaortic balloon pumping (IABP) was attempted in 733 patients. Of these, 132 were diabetic: 51 patients were managed with diet alone, 46 patients took oral hypoglycemic agents and 35 patients required insulin. Vascular complications associated with IABP occurred in 34% of the insulin-dependent diabetics, in 18% of other diabetics and in 14% of nondiabetic patients. Infectious complications were 37, 22 and 25%, respectively. Seventy-five diabetic patients (57%) were discharged alive from the hospital after balloon pumping, essentially the same proportion as among nondiabetic patients (58%). It is concluded that although diabetics incur a higher complication rate, IABP is not contraindicated.
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