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Contemporary utilization and outcomes of intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation in acute myocardial infarction

The benchmark registry

Gregg W. Stone, MD, FACC^*,*, E. Magnus Ohman, MD, FACC, Michael F. Miller, PhD, Debra L. Joseph, BSN, Jan T. Christenson, MD, FECTS^||, Marc Cohen, MD, FACC^¶, Philip M. Urban, MD, FACC^#, Ramachandra C. Reddy, MD, FACC^**, Robert J. Freedman, MD, FACC, Karen L. Staman, MS and James J. Ferguson, III, MD, FACC

^* Cardiovascular Research Foundation and Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, New York, USA
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
M. F. Miller Statistical Services, Langhorne, Pennsylvania, USA
Datascope Corp., Fairfield, New Jersey, USA
^|| University of Geneva Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
^¶ Hahnemann University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
^# Hôpital de la Tour, Geneva, Switzerland
^** State University of New York Health Science Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA
St. Francis Cabrini Medical Center, Alexandria, Louisiana, USA
Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Texas, USA

View larger version (23K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 In-hospital mortality of 5,495 patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) requiring intra-aortic balloon pump counterpulsation, stratified by principal usage indication. PCI = percutaneous coronary intervention.

View larger version (16K): [in a new window]   Figure 2 In-hospital mortality stratified by the performance of angiography and percutaneous or surgical coronary revascularization.