Non-Cardiac Surgery
Patients with a recent MI, CHF, severe angina or uncorrected multi-vessel CAD are at increased risk of cardiac complications after major non-cardiac surgery.1
Postoperative cardiac complications are more frequent with emergent, vascular, orthopedic, intra-thoracic or intra-peritoneal surgery.1
IABC can provide myocardial protection in high-risk cardiac patients undergoing major non-cardiac procedures.2
1 IABC support in high-risk cardiac patient undergoing urgent non-cardiac surgery. S C Siu, et al. Chest 1991;99:1342-45
2 IABC in high-risk cardiac patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery. R L Grotz et al. Surgery 1989;106:1-5