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  • Title: The use of intra-aortic balloon pumping in cardiac surgical patients.
    Author: O'Donovan TG.
    Journal: S Afr Med J; 1976 Jan 17; 50(3):74-7. PubMed ID: 1251279.
    Abstract:
    Experience in the use of intra-aortic balloon pumping for moribund cardiac surgical patients over a 10-month period is presented. Of the 11 patients reported, 5 survived and have left hospital. The mechanism of diastolic augmentation of the circulation is discussed and the details of its clinical use are outlined.
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