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Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:507-511
© 1992 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Is use of the intraaortic balloon pump in octogenarians justified?

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York USA

Accepted for publication January 27, 1992.

^_* Address reprint requests to Dr Sisto, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1825 Eastchester Rd, Bronx, NY 10461.

Increasing numbers or octogenarians are seen in the operating room or critical care unit with circumstances for which intraaortic balloon pump (IABP) assistance is appropriate, but it has been suggested that the complication rate for IABP use in octogenarians is excessive. From 1980 to 1990, 25 octogenarians needed an IABP in our institution, as an adjunct to operation in 20 patients (1 had repair of a ventricular rupture and 19 underwent coronary grafting); 5 patients did not have operation. The indications for IABP use were unstable angina, 12 (48%); cardiogenic shock, 10 (40%); and difficulty weaning off cardiopulmonary bypass, 3 (12%)—these 3 were the only ones who had insertion through a femoral cut-down. No serious insertion difficulties were noticed with the percutaneous route in the other 22 patients. Without operation, 4 of 5 patients died in the hospital (80%), and the 5th died 2 years 8 months after discharge. After operation, there were two hospital deaths (10%) and two late deaths, neither from cardiac causes. A fatal outcome occurred in 6 of 9 patients with cardiogenic shock. Intraaortic balloon pump-related complications were rare, minor, and unrelated to IABP assistance duration, which ranged from 24 to 146 hours (mean, 49.9 hours). No long-term vascular complications resulted. Hospital stay averaged 22.2 days. At follow-up from 9 to 81 months (mean, 51.8 months), of the 16 survivors, 12 (75%) were in New York Heart Association class I/II and 2 each were in classes III and IV. The Kaplan-Meier survival curve is the same as that for other octogenarians (n = 153) who had cardiac operations without an intraaortic balloon pump from 1981 to 1990. We concluded that IABP use has been safe and effective for circulatory support in octogenarians undergoing coronary operations.

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