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Migration of Intraaortic Balloon Pump Placed Via the Axillary Artery

12/27/2017

Yaron D. Barac, MD, PhD¹; Hazim Alwair, MD¹; David F. Kong, MD, AM, DMT²; Chetan B. Patel, MD²; Mani A. Daneshmand, MD¹; Carmelo A. Milano, MD¹; Jacob N. Schroder, MD¹

Yaron D. Barac, MD, PhD1; Hazim Alwa...

Axillary artery IABP placement enables those awaiting transplant to ambulate and get stronger, but motion increases risk of IABP migration. The management of a migrated pump in a 44-year-old man with heart failure is described.

Axillary artery IABP placement...

12/27/2017

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Commentary

To Protect or Not to Protect: Mitigating the Potential Risk That Surgical Ineligibility Poses in High-Risk PCI

04/30/2016

Keshav R. Nayak, MD¹ and Brian E. Jaski, MD²

Keshav R. Nayak, MD1 and Brian E. Jas...

The authors comment on Shavelle et al and offer their thoughts on the place of surgical ineligibility in the spectrum of PCI risk.

The authors comment on Shavelle...

04/30/2016

Journal of Invasive Cardiology