A propensity-matched comparison study analyzed the effects of IABP versus a micro-axial LVAD (Impella ® ) in patients with acute myocardial infarction and car-diogenic shock and observed that the mortality was almost significantly higher with the Impella ® than with the IABP (45% vs. 34%) and that bleeding complications were twice as high with the Impella ® [ 6 ].
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Still a place for aortic counterpulsation in cardiac surgery and patients with cardiogenic shock?
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Ninety-day mortality in the inotropic group was twice as high as in the IABP group, but this failed to reach statistical significance due to the small sample size [ 11 ].