In these situations, the waveform may show ... Intra-aortic balloon pump; LMCA: Left main coronary artery; LV: Left ventricular; MAP: Mean arterial pressure; TTI: Tension Time Index.

such as the intra-aortic balloon pump. Now some 40 years since its first-in-man description, the situations and strategies in which to utilize its attractive physiological properties are still ...