Non-Cardiac Surgery

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