Intra Aortic Balloon Pump and Cardiac Angiogram

Intra Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP)                                                   

Definition

• BALLOON

- it inflates and deflates in careful timing with certain parts of the cardiac cycle of systole and diastole

Intra Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP)

•CONSOLE                                                                                 

- “drives” the balloon to inflate and deflate

- contains helium in a small tank which inflates the balloon

- timing of the movements is controlled in careful synch with

 the rate and rhythm of the heart

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Main applications

Hourly monitoring of:

: heart rate and rhythm

: record systolic/diastolic/mean arterial

pressures and diastolic augmentation

: pedal pulses distal to the catheter site

: left radial pulse

: color, temperature and capillary refill

: sensation and movement of both lower extremities

Cardiac Angiograms

Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA)

- a balloon tipped catheter is used to open blocked coronary vessels & resolve ischemia

- uses: angina & acute MI

- purpose: to improve blood flow within a coronary artery—compresses and “cracks” the atheroma (plaque)

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