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. 1975 Feb;37(2):169–181. doi: 10.1136/hrt.37.2.169

Acute severe cardiac failure complicating myocardial infarction. Experience with 100 patients referred for consideration of mechanical left ventricular assistance.

M F O'Rourke, V P Chang, H M Windsor, M X Shanahan, J B Hickie, J J Morgan, J F Gunning, A W Seldon, G V Hall, G Michell, D Goldfarb, D G Harrision
PMCID: PMC484098  PMID: 1078977

Abstract

One hundred patients were referred with suspected acute cardiac failure following acute myocardial infarction. The diagnosis was confirmed in 72: 31 of these patients underwent elective medical treatment, with 2 survivors (6%); 41 were accepted for counter pulsation, but 9 died before this could be initiated and another 2 died shortly after vain attempts to pass the balloon catheter were abandoned; 30 patients underwent counterpulsation with 14 hospital survivors (47%). Survivor status was usually good. Results of counter pulsation were better in patients who were not shocked (with 5/5 survivors) than in those who were in shock (with 9 of 25 survivors). Results support the view that counterpulsation (alone or combined with corrective surgery) may play an important role in the complications of myocardial infarction provided intervention is early.

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