Echocardiographic and hemodynamic effects of intraaortic balloon pump in patients with cardiogenic shock on veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenationFister, Miša (Avtor) Goslar, Tomaž (Avtor) Radšel, Peter (Avtor) Noč, Marko (Avtor) VA ECMOcardiogenic shockintraaortic balloom pumpWe investigated echocardiographic and hemodynamic effects of intraaortic balloon pump (IABP) in 26 patients with cardiogenic shock on veno-arterial membrane oxygenation (VA ECMO). Our study demonstrated an 8.1% increase in left ventricular velocity time integral (p = 0.023) without reduction in left ventricular diameters and 4.7% decrease in right ventricular end diastolic base diameter (p = 0.05) when using IABP 1:1 mode compared to no augmentation. This was associated with a 3.2% decrease in heart rate (p < 0.001) and a 3.0% increase in mixed venous oxygen saturation (p = 0.057). Since the magnitude of the documented favorable changes is rather small, the clinical relevance of concomitant IABP in patients with cardiogenic shock on VA ECMO remains questionable.20252026-04-22 15:17:27Neznano29174sl