Comprehensive intra-aortic balloon pumping / Susan J. Quaal.

Contents;

1. Introduction
2. Physiological fundamentals relevant to balloon pumping
3. Cardiac muscle ultrastructure and function
4. Myocardial excitation and contraction
5. Myocardial energetics
6. Pump failure
7. Traditional pharmacological management of pump failure
8. Physiology of intra-aortic balloon pump counterpulsation
9. Balloon's effect on a failing heart
10. Extended medical indications for balloon pumping
11. Surgical indications for balloon pumping
12. Contraindications
13. Retrograde and antegrade insertion of balloon
14. Percutaneous balloon insertion
15. Counterpulsation timing: arterial pressure waveform
16. Improper timing
17. Exercises in mastering proper timing
18. Balloon gas pressure waveforms
19. Electrocardiogram and balloon pump
20. Clinical hemodynamic monitoring associated with balloon pumping
21. Bioinstrumentation of hemodynamic monitoring
22. Nursing care of the patient requiring the balloon pump
23. Cardiac catheterization and balloon pumping
24. Datascope, Hoek Loos, Kontron, and SMEC balloon pumps
25. Complications
26. Weaning from the balloon pump
27. Balloon removal
28. Pediatric adaptation in balloon pumping
29. Pulsatile flow
30. Pulmonary artery balloon pumping
31. External counterpulsation
32. Other ventricular assist devices
33. The Utah total artificial heart

Glossary : p. 401-402 . _ Index : p. 403-416.