Myocardial salvage by the use of reperfusion and intraaortic balloon pump: Experimental study

Aspiration coronary thrombectomy for acute myocardial infarction increases myocardial salvage

“…Only the patients with anterior STEMI randomized to thrombectomy group achieved MSI value close to 50% (mean value from previous reports). However, our results are similar to those from experimental studies performed in animal models in which salvage index did not exceed 30-40% [33,34].…”

Current and future applications of the intra-aortic balloon pump

“…The support with the IABP of patients undergoing coronary artery reperfusion was based on the experimental observation of an increase in coronary blood flow and decrease in infarct size by intra-aortic counterpulsation [26]. However, this was not confirmed by subsequent trials, which yielded inconsistent results [27][28][29][30].…”

Increase in coronary blood flow by intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation in a porcine model of myocardial reperfusion

“…The salutary effects of the IABP in conjunction with reperfusion on the mortality of patients presenting with myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock, [32][33][34][35] and on the extent of experimental myocardial infarction [36,37], might be due to an increase in CBF. The effects of the IABP on CBF during reperfusion have been studied in a limited number of critically ill survivors of acute myocardial infarction, in whom the IABP was inserted for clinical indications after primary or rescue angioplasty.…”