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. 1976 Jan;183(1):1–4. doi: 10.1097/00000658-197601000-00001

Extended use of intra-aortic balloon pumping in peripartum cardiomyopathy.

C O Brantigan, J B Grow Sr, F W Schoonmaker
PMCID: PMC1344172  PMID: 942841

Abstract

A patient with perinatal cardiomyopathy was greatly benefited physiologically by 7 weeks of intra-aortic balloon pumping. This experience documented that extended pumping can be carried out with only manageable complications. Although the patient survived the hospitalization, she died shortly thereafter of intractable congestive failure. Perinatal cardiomyopathy is a potentially reversible condition. Ventricular assistance by intra-aortic balloon pumping may be sustaining during continued systemic treatment of this entity. Further evaluation for longevity of more advanced congestive heart failure from cardiomyopathies needs further clinical trial.

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