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Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic-Vascular Anesthesia and Intensive Care, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Milan, Italy Department of Cardiac Surgery, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Milan, Italy Department of Cardiothoracic-Vascular Anesthesia and Intensive Care, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Milan, Italy Department of Cardiac Surgery, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Milan, Italy.

Comment

Marco Ranucci et al. Crit Care Med. 2014 Nov.

. 2014 Nov;42(11):e729-30.

doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000000623.

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic-Vascular Anesthesia and Intensive Care, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Milan, Italy Department of Cardiac Surgery, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Milan, Italy Department of Cardiothoracic-Vascular Anesthesia and Intensive Care, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Milan, Italy Department of Cardiac Surgery, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Milan, Italy.

No abstract available

Comment on

A randomized controlled trial of preoperative intra-aortic balloon pump in coronary patients with poor left ventricular function undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery*.
Ranucci M, Castelvecchio S, Biondi A, de Vincentiis C, Ballotta A, Varrica A, Frigiola A, Menicanti L; Surgical and Clinical Outcome Research (SCORE) Group. Ranucci M, et al. Crit Care Med. 2013 Nov;41(11):2476-83. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3182978dfc. Crit Care Med. 2013. PMID: 23921278 Clinical Trial.
Does prophylactic intra-aortic balloon pumping really fail to improve perioperative outcomes in patients with poor left ventricular function?
Pfeiffer S, Santarpino G, Sirch J, Fischlein T, Vogt F. Pfeiffer S, et al. Crit Care Med. 2014 Nov;42(11):e728-9. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000000557. Crit Care Med. 2014. PMID: 25319923 No abstract available.