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Table 2 Indications for Intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation

From: Survival of patients treated with intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation at a tertiary care center in Pakistan – patient characteristics and predictors of in-hospital mortality

Indication

N (%)

Cardiogenic shock

22 (23.2)

Cardiogenic shock with mechanical complication

24 (25.3)

Left Main disease, no chest pain

9 (9.5)

Left Main disease, chest pain in laboratory

6 (6.3)

Refractory heart failure

8 (8.4)

Refractory Ischemia

23 (24.2)

Complication during PCI

2 (2.1)

  1. PCI = percutaneous coronary intervention (includes abrupt closure, severe "no-reflow")