Mortality in intra-aortic balloon pump therapy in patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock: data from nationwide inpatient sample

Int J Cardiol. 2014 Sep;176(1):279-80. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.06.091. Epub 2014 Jul 8.

Authors

Ranjan Pathak¹, Madan Raj Aryal¹, Paras Karmacharya², Anthony A Donato¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Reading Health System, West Reading, PA, USA.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Reading Health System, West Reading, PA, USA. Electronic address: paraskarmacharya@gmail.com.

PMID: 25037696
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.06.091

No abstract available

Keywords: Cardiogenic Shock; HCUP; Intra-aortic balloon pump therapy; Mortality; ST elevation myocardial infarction.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Hospital Mortality* / trends
Humans
Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping / mortality*
Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping / trends
Myocardial Infarction / mortality*
Myocardial Infarction / surgery*
Shock, Cardiogenic / mortality*
Shock, Cardiogenic / surgery*