IABP Therapy is used in the treatment of cardiogenic shock, acute heart failure, irregular heart rhythms, cardiac surgery, and PCI.
Intra-aortic Balloon Pump (IABP) therapy is the most widely used means of circulatory support for patients with hemodynamic instability resulting from LV Failure. Well known effects of IABP include decrease in afterload that leads to an increase in stroke volume and cardiac output.* Today, insertion of the IAB catheter can be initiated rapidly with relative ease and safety. The technological advances have permitted a wide range of hospitals, large and small, to take advantage of this potentially life-saving therapy.