The single-center, retrospective, observational study showed that use of the Company’s newer large volume MEGA® 50cc intra-aortic balloon (IAB) in contemporary practice resulted in improved hemodynamic profiles, and was associated with a very low overall complication rate. The findings were published online in Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, a publication of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI). IAB catheters are circulatory assist devices that are inserted into the aorta and counterpulsate to help the heart pump blood in patients in need of cardiac support.
“Our results showed that counterpulsation therapy with a MEGA 50cc IAB improved hemodynamics with low complications in critically ill patients. These findings are notable because the patients we evaluated were sicker and had worse cardiac function than patients evaluated in prior studies, including the Benchmark registry and the IABP SHOCK II triali,ii,iii,” said Marc Cohen, M.D., co-author of the published study and Chief of the Division of Cardiology at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in Newark, N.J. “Additionally, the positive hemodynamic changes we observed with this larger volume balloon exceeded those seen in a separate study by Dr. Navin K. Kapur and colleagues at Tufts University School of Medicine, which compared a 50cc IAB with a 40cc IABiv.”
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